Land Cover of the Chesapeake Bay

This map was created by the Environmental Protection Agency to delineate the Chesapeake Bay and the land cover that can be found in this area. The National Land Cover Database (NLCD) 2001 is created by partitioning the U.S. into 66 mapping zones delineated within the conterminous U.S. based on ecoregion, geographical, and other characteristics.

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Created by Emma Andrews from the Chesapeake Bay Program

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