Albemarle Sound

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body of water estuarine sound

Albemarle Sound is a large, shallow estuarine body of water in northeastern North Carolina, separating the mainland from the Outer Banks barrier islands.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Albemarle Sound canonical 21
Albemarle Sound region 4
Albemarle Sound, North Carolina 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf body of water ⓘ
estuarine sound ⓘ
averageDepth approximately 14 feet ⓘ
approximately 4.3 meters ⓘ
borderedBy Camden County ⓘ
Chowan County NERFINISHED ⓘ
Currituck County ⓘ
Dare County, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Dare County

Outer Banks ⓘ
Pasquotank County, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Pasquotank County

Perquimans County ⓘ
Tyrrell County ⓘ
Washington County ⓘ
connectedTo Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
drainageBasin Albemarle-Pamlico estuarine system ⓘ
surface form: Albemarle-Pamlico drainage basin
ecoregion Albemarle-Pamlico estuarine system ⓘ
hasNearbyCity Edenton ⓘ
surface form: Edenton, North Carolina

Elizabeth City, North Carolina, United States ⓘ
surface form: Elizabeth City, North Carolina
historicalUse colonial transportation route ⓘ
commercial fishing area ⓘ
inflow Alligator River ⓘ
Chowan River ⓘ
Little River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pasquotank River ⓘ
Perquimans River ⓘ
Roanoke River ⓘ
knownFor large shallow estuarine area ⓘ
length approximately 55 miles ⓘ
approximately 88 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn North Carolina ⓘ
locatedInRegion northeastern North Carolina ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf East Coast of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic Coast of the United States
namedAfter 1st Duke of Albemarle ⓘ
surface form: George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle
outflow Croatan Sound ⓘ
Currituck Sound ⓘ
Croatan Sound ⓘ
surface form: Roanoke Sound
partOf Albemarle-Pamlico estuarine system ⓘ
surface form: Albemarle-Pamlico Sound system

Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway ⓘ
salinity low-salinity estuary ⓘ
separates North Carolina mainland ⓘ
Outer Banks ⓘ
surface form: Outer Banks barrier islands
usedFor boating ⓘ
recreational fishing ⓘ
wildlife habitat ⓘ
waterType brackish water ⓘ
shallow estuarine water ⓘ
width up to 15 miles ⓘ
up to 24 kilometers ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Carolina Coastal Plain → contains → Albemarle Sound ⓘ
Edenton → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Albemarle Sound ⓘ
Albemarle County, Virginia → namedAfter → Albemarle Sound ⓘ
Elizabeth City, North Carolina, United States → locatedNear → Albemarle Sound ⓘ
subject surface form: Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Outer Banks → separates → Albemarle Sound ⓘ
Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula → borderedBy → Albemarle Sound ⓘ
Albemarle, 2nd Earl of Albemarle → namesakeOf → Albemarle Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Albemarle Sound, North Carolina
Pamlico Sound → connectedTo → Albemarle Sound ⓘ
Roanoke River → mouth → Albemarle Sound ⓘ
Roanoke River → flowsInto → Albemarle Sound ⓘ
Pasquotank County, North Carolina, United States → partOf → Albemarle Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Albemarle Sound region
Pasquotank County, North Carolina, United States → borders → Albemarle Sound ⓘ
Pasquotank County, North Carolina, United States → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Albemarle Sound ⓘ
Inner Banks → waterway → Albemarle Sound ⓘ
served by U.S. Route 17 → locatedOn → Albemarle Sound ⓘ
subject surface form: Edenton, North Carolina
Inner Banks, North Carolina → borders → Albemarle Sound ⓘ
Hayes Plantation, near Edenton, North Carolina → locatedIn → Albemarle Sound ⓘ
subject surface form: Hayes Plantation
this entity surface form: Albemarle Sound region
Hayes Plantation, near Edenton, North Carolina → overlooks → Albemarle Sound ⓘ
subject surface form: Hayes Plantation
Hayes Plantation, near Edenton, North Carolina → hasView → Albemarle Sound ⓘ
subject surface form: Hayes Plantation
Weapemeoc → historicalTerritory → Albemarle Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Albemarle Sound region
Chowan County → borders → Albemarle Sound ⓘ
Chowan County → locatedOn → Albemarle Sound ⓘ
Belvidere, North Carolina, United States → locatedIn → Albemarle Sound ⓘ
subject surface form: Belvidere, North Carolina
this entity surface form: Albemarle Sound region
Northeastern North Carolina → adjacentTo → Albemarle Sound ⓘ
Atlantic coast of North Carolina → hasPart → Albemarle Sound ⓘ
Elizabeth City → locatedNear → Albemarle Sound ⓘ