USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Chesapeake Colonies were the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, later the Commonwealth of Virginia, and Province of Maryland, later Maryland, both colonies located in British America and centered on the Chesapeake Bay.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Chesapeake Bay watershed stretches from Cooperstown, New York, to Norfolk, Virginia, and includes parts of six states-Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia-and the entire District of Columbia.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Potomac River divides Maryland and Virginia, but Virginia does not own half of the Potomac River. The Maryland-Virginia boundary is next to the Virginia shoreline at the low-water mark in most places; the line separating Maryland from Virginia is not in the middle of the river.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Chesapeake Bay Watershed covers 64, 000 square miles; includes parts of six states (Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York) and Washington, D.C.; has 11, 684 miles of shoreline, including tidal wetlands and islands (that’s more shoreline than the entire West Coast of the United States);