Lower Chesapeake Bay | Critical Zone Exploration Network

Lower Chesapeake Bay

Group:

39° 1' 25.9932" N, 76° 55' 23.7504" W

Brief Site Description:

Lower Chesapeake Bay

Field Site Type:

TBD

Registration:

Unregistered

Network(s):

ARS

LTAR

Study Start Date:

1910

Mean Annual Precipitation:

1 100 millimeters / year

Average Annual Temperature:

13°C

Average Summer Temperature:

25°C

Average Winter Temperature:

2°C

Land Cover:

Mixed Forest

Agriculture- Pasture

Agriculture- Crops

Herbaceous Wetlands

Geology:

unconsolidated materials

Soil Order:

Ultisol

Hydrology: Name:

Choptank River

Hydrology: Surface water stream order:

Unknown

Hydrology: Surface water - Stream Flow Performance:

Perennial

Hydrology: Groundwater:

Arrangment of Aquifer Components - Three unit system of an unconfined aquifer, confined aquifer and a confining bed

Climate:

Temperate

Sub-Climate:

Humid

Group visibility:

Public - accessible to all site users