Sentences with phrase «bay hypoxic region»
Farmland runoff containing fertilizers and livestock waste is the main source of the nitrogen and phosphorus nutrients that cause the annual Chesapeake Bay hypoxic region, which is also known as a dead zone.
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The 2015 Chesapeake Bay forecast calls for an oxygen - depleted, or hypoxic, region of 1.37 cubic miles, about 10 percent below the long - term average.