Conventional
Loading Factors
for Chesapeake Subbasins in Ecoregions 63 and 65
(Carnacho, 1992)
Loading factor
Segment
Ecoregion
Phosphorus
2.7
20.5
235
65
1.9
17.3
240
65
3.2
25.8
250
65
3
22
260
65
2.4
23.3
290
65
3.1
24.2
300
65
2.5
23
310
65
1.3
18
Bohemia
63
1.3
17.5
Chester
63
1.4
20.2
Chicahominy
63
1.2
17.6
63
2.2
21.1
Elizabeth
63
2
21.3
Great W icomico
63
1.4
18.6
James
63
2
23.9
Nansemond
63
1.7
25
Nanticoke
63
2.1
21.4
Occoquan
63
2
24.8
Pocomoke
63
1.8
20.5
Potomac
63
1.9
20.9
Rappahannock
63
1.7
, 20.5
W icomico
63
1.4
18.3
63
1.3
18.5
York
63
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