Nui nā wahi kai a me nā hoʻokipaʻana i kahi kai'āina Along the Potomac River
ʻO ka muliwaiʻo Potomac ka hā o ka nui o ka muliwai ma ke kahakaiʻoʻAkelanika aʻo ka 21st nui loa i ka United States. E holo ana ma kahi o 383 mile mai Fairfax Stone, West Virginia a Point Lookout, Maryland a huki i 14,670 mau mile mile o ka'āina mai nā mokuʻehā a me Washington DC. Holo ka muliwai o Potomac i ka Moanaʻo Chesapeake a hoʻopili aku i nā kānaka he 6 miliona ka poʻe e noho ana i loko o ka waiwaiwai Potomac, ka'āina kahi e holo ai ka wai i ka waha o ka muliwai.
Uaʻikeʻo George Washington i ke kapikala o ke aupuni ma keʻano heʻoihana pāʻoihana a me kahi noho aupuni. Ua kohoʻo ia e hoʻokumu i ke "kūlanakauhale aupuni" ma ka muliwai o Potomac no ka mea ua komoʻia iʻelua mau kūlanakauhale nui: Georgetown a me Alexandria . ʻO " Potomac " kahi inoaʻo Algonquin no ka muliwai e kapa ana i "kahi kūleʻa kūʻai nui."
Ua hoʻohanaʻo Washington i DC i ka muliwaiʻo Potomac i mea kumu nui o ka wai inu me ka weheʻana o ka Washington Aqueduct i ka makahiki 1864. Ua hoʻohanaʻia kahi o 486 miliona mau galani wai i kēlā me kēia lā ma ka Washington DC. Ma kahi o 86 pakeneka o ka heluna kanaka o ka'āina i lawe i ka wai inu mai nā mea kūʻai wai kai piha a he 13 pakeneka ka hoʻohanaʻana i ka wai. Ma muli o ka hoʻonuiʻana i ka hoʻolālā kūlanakauhale,ʻo ka noho wai o ka muliwai o Potomac a me kona mau kauā e palekana i ka eutrophication, nā mea kaumaha, nā pesticides a me nā meaʻona'ē aʻe. Ke hana pū nei ka Hui Manawaina o Potomac, kahi hui kaiaulu o nā papahana hoʻomalu, e palekana i ka wai muliwai o Potomac.
ʻO ka poʻe koʻikoʻi o ka muliwaiʻo Potomac
ʻO nāʻoihana nui o ka Potomac,ʻo ia ka muliwaiʻo Anacostia , Antietam Creek, ka muliwai Cacapon, Catoctin Creek, Conocoheague Creek, ka muliwaiʻo Monocacy, ka lālā o North Branch, ka lālā hema, ka muliwai'Occoquan, ka muliwai Savage, ka Senaca Creek a me ka muliwaiʻo Shenandoah .
ʻO nā kūlanakauhale nui ma ka moku Potomac
ʻO nā kūlanakauhale nui ma ka Basomac Basin: Washington, DC; Bethesda, Cumberland, Hagerstown, Frederick, Rockville, Waldorf, a me St. Mary's City ma Maryland; Chambersburg a me Gettysburg ma Pennsylvania; ʻO Alexandria, Arlington, Harrisonburg, a me Frontel ma Virginia; a me Harper's Ferry, Charles Town, a me Martinsburg ma West Virginia.
ʻO ka mokuʻo Major Potomac i ke kai kūʻono i ka Washington DC Area
- Paʻi Nui -ʻO ka mākele'āina he'āina makamae nui loa ia me kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi loa o ka'āina. Nā hana hoʻolimalima e like me ka holoʻana, ka pikiniki, ka kayak, ka piʻiʻana o ka pōhaku, ka holo lio, a me ka holo lio.
- ʻO Georgetown -ʻO ke kaiāulu kaiāulu kekahi o nā wahi maikaʻi loa o DC e kūʻai ai aʻai. He wahi kaiāulu nui ia eʻimi ai me nā kahua heiau, nā hale mīkini a me nā mea nui e hana ai. ʻO ka holoʻana a me nā kaʻa kaʻa nui i kaulana.
- Ma ke Kai Waiʻanae - Ke holomua nei kēia mau kaiāulu a ua manaʻoʻia he nui nā loli i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana. Aia ka home o ka 'āpana e noho nei ma Arena Stage , marinas, nā haleʻaina a me nāʻainaʻaina.
- ʻO Alexandria -ʻO ka'ōloheloheʻo Northern Virginia neighborhood ka mea iʻikeʻia no konaʻano kūʻokoʻa a me nā hale he 18th a me ka 1900, nā hale kūʻai, nā hale kūʻai, nā haleʻai, a me nā mele. Loaʻa nā kaʻa a me nā kaʻa kaʻa.
- Mount Vernon - Ua hoʻonohoʻia ka waiwai a me nā māla o George Washington i kahi puʻu e nānā pono ana i ka muliwai o Potomac. ʻO ka pae moʻokūʻauhau he wahi "must see" destination, kahi 14 mile ma ka hema o Wakinekona, DC.
- National Harbor -ʻO ke kaiāulu i hoʻohanaʻia, i weheʻia i ka pūnāwai o 2008, nā hale'āina, nā haleʻai, nā hale kūʻai kūʻai, nā condominiums, ka mīkini limahana, kahi hale hālāwai kūikawā, a me kahi keʻenaʻoihana kūʻai. Kūkuluʻia nā hanana kūikawā i loko o ka makahiki ma ke kahawai o Potomac.
- ʻO George Washington Memorial Parkway -ʻO ke alahele kekahi o ka pūnaewele National Park a ua hoʻohui pū iā Washington DC a me nā wahi hōʻoia e hoʻolālā ana mai Great Falls Park a hiki iā George Washingtonʻo Mount Vernon Estate. Aia kekahi mau hoʻomanaʻo, marinas, a me nā pāʻani ma ke ala.
Hoʻokipa Hoʻohanohano ma ka muliwai Potomac
- Ke holo a me ke holoʻana - Ua hele nā alakai hiker / biker i ka muliwai Potomac i ka'Āina Crescent e holo ana mai Georgetown a Bethesda, Maryland, ka mauna Vernon Trail e hōʻea ana mai Theodore Roosevelt Island a hiki i ka mauna Vernon, Virginia a me ka C &ʻO Towpath e pili ana i ka Potomac ʻO ka muliwai ma waena o Georgetown a Cumberland, Maryland.
- Ka holoʻana - Nā mea hoʻolimalima kahiki e hāʻawi aku ana i nā hale kayak a me nā haʻawina ma nā wahi likeʻole ma ka muliwai o Potomac.
- Nā Kiʻi Pīhoihoi - Loaʻa nā alahele he nui, e haʻalele ana mai Wakinekona, DC, Alexandria, Mount Vernon a me National Harbor.