皮吉特湾
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皮吉特湾(英语:Puget Sound;/ˈpjuːdʒɪt/)是一个位于美国西雅图西岸峡湾,北临加拿大温哥华岛,属萨利希海的一部分。海湾本身是一个河口系统[3],结构复杂,交织着通往海洋的水道和盆地。当中有一大两小的通道与太平洋相连,较大的为胡安·德富卡海峡-阿德默勒尔蒂湾,较小的是迷惑水道及史维诺米希海峡。通过阿德默勒尔蒂湾的海水,占海湾与胡安·德富卡海峡之间的潮汐水体交换的2%[2]。海湾的范围,从北起迷惑水道起计算,到南方的奥林匹亚,距离约160公里,平均海深约60米,最深处是基沙普县的Indianola与Kingston之间的Point Jefferson对出海底,深度有280米。而海湾的主要盆地位于惠德比岛南端与塔科马之间,水深180米。[2]
皮吉特湾 Puget Sound | |
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位置 | 美国华盛顿州皮吉特湾低地 |
坐标 | 47°36′N 122°24′W / 47.6°N 122.4°W |
词源 | 名称来源于彼得·皮吉特 |
属于 | 萨利希海 |
集水面积 | 31,440平方千米(12,140平方英里)[1] |
最大长度 | 161千米(100英里) |
最大宽度 | 16千米(9.9英里) |
表面积 | 2,642平方千米(1,020平方英里)[2] |
平均深度 | 62米(203英尺) |
最大深度 | 280米(920英尺)[2] |
水体体积 | 110立方千米(26立方英里)[2] |
定居点 | 西雅图,塔科马,奥林匹亚,埃弗里特,布雷默顿 |
整个海湾周边地区集中了华盛顿州九大城市中的六个:西雅图、塔科马、埃弗里特、肯特、贝尔维尤和费德勒尔韦,人口约400万,通称为皮吉特地区。
动植物
编辑历史
编辑参考资料
编辑- ^ Watershed Boundary Dataset. USDA, NRCS, National Cartography and Geospatial Center. [September 6, 2010]. (原始内容存档于October 8, 2010). ArcExplorer GIS data viewer.
- ^ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Lincoln, John H. The Puget Sound Model Summary. Pacific Science Center. [2009-12-23]. (原始内容存档于2015-03-10).
- ^ Basic Information about Estuaries. United States Environmental Protection Agency. [2011-03-14]. (原始内容存档于2012-12-07).
- ^ DAVID W JAMISON. EXPLORE PUGET SOUND HABITATS AND MARINE LIFE. [2013-09-21]. (原始内容存档于2013-10-04) (英语).
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被忽略 (帮助) - ^ 美报:中国停止进口美国西海岸产象拔蚌. 中新网. [2020-12-31]. (原始内容存档于2014-01-01).
延伸阅读
编辑- Jones, M.A. Geologic framework for the Puget Sound aquifer system, Washington and British Columbia (U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1424). Reston, VA: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey. 1999.
- LeWarne, Charles P. Utopias on Puget Sound, 1885-1915. University of Washington Press. 1995 [2013-10-03]. ISBN 9780295974446. (原始内容存档于2017-04-08).
- Prosser, William Farrand. A history of the Puget Sound country : its resources, its commerce and its people : with some reference to discoveries and explorations in North America from the time of Christopher Columbus down to that of George Vancouver in 1792, when the beauty, richness and vast commercial advantages of this region were first made known to the world. Lewis Pub. Co. 1903.Available online through the Washington State Library's Classics in Washington History collection (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
外部链接
编辑- University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections – Oliver S. Van Olinda Photographs (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) A collection of 420 photographs depicting life on Vashon Island, Whidbey Island, Seattle, and other communities of Washington State's Puget Sound from the 1880s through the 1930s.
- Pacific Science Center: Geology of Puget Sound
- USGS:Puget Sound earthquake origins
- Features of Puget Sound Region: Oceanography And Physical Processes, Chapter 3 of the State of the Nearshore Report (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆), King County Department of Natural Resources, Seattle, Washington, 2001.