Chesapeake Bay Vocab

Estuary

partly enclosed body of water where fresh water from the river meets ocean salt water and they mix

population

a group of organisms of the SAME SPECIES inhabiting a given area

ecosystem

a community of organisms interacting with one another and their nonliving environment

community

all organisms inhabiting the same region

habitat

a place where a plant or animal lives

watershed

an area of lanf that drains into a specific body of water

Appalachian Mountains

characterized by mountains, valleys; western edge of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Piedmont Plateau

goes from App. Mts. to west to the fall line in E

Fall Line

boundary between piedmont plateau and coastal plain.

Atlantic Coastal Plain

extends form the fall line to the east