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Bay Segment

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-002897

Subunits of the Chesapeake Bay estuary that were derived on the basis of specific selection criteria related to factors such as jurisdictional boundaries and other water quality, physical, geographic, and habitat related characteristics. The Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries and embayments are divided into 92 segments.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-002897
FieldEnvironment
SubjectEcosystems
ReferencesChesapeake Bay TMDL Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-002897",
  "term": "Bay Segment",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Subunits of the Chesapeake Bay estuary that were derived on the basis of specific selection criteria related to factors such as jurisdictional boundaries and other water quality, physical, geographic, and habitat related characteristics. The Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries and embayments are divided into 92 segments.",
  "subject": "Ecosystems",
  "references": [
    "Chesapeake Bay TMDL Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/bay-segment/"
}

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