What states are in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed?
The Chesapeake Bay watershed is in six states, plus the District of Columbia. But that doesn’t mean that the watershed takes up six WHOLE states. Parts of these states are in other watersheds. • All of Washington, D.C. is in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. • 93.3% of Maryland is in it. • 55.9% of Virginia is in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. • 49.1% of Pennsylvania is in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. • 28.8% of Delaware is in it. • 14.7% of West Virginia is in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. • And 11.5% of New York is in it.
