Atlantic Coast watershed
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The Atlantic Coast watershed is the extensive drainage basin whose rivers and streams flow eastward into the Atlantic Ocean along the eastern seaboard of the United States.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Atlantic coastal drainage basin | 1 |
| Atlantic coastal watershed of New Jersey | 1 |
| Roanoke River basin | 1 |
Statements (67)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drainage basin
ⓘ
watershed ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Appalachian Mountains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Continental Divide NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsEstuary |
Albemarle-Pamlico Sound
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cape Cod Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ Chesapeake Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ Delaware Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ Long Island Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ Massachusetts Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ Narragansett Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ Penobscot Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsMajorRiver |
Altamaha River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Androscoggin River NERFINISHED ⓘ Ashley River NERFINISHED ⓘ Cape Fear River NERFINISHED ⓘ Connecticut River NERFINISHED ⓘ Cooper River (South Carolina) NERFINISHED ⓘ Delaware River NERFINISHED ⓘ Edisto River NERFINISHED ⓘ Housatonic River NERFINISHED ⓘ Hudson River NERFINISHED ⓘ James River NERFINISHED ⓘ Kennebec River NERFINISHED ⓘ Merrimack River NERFINISHED ⓘ Neuse River NERFINISHED ⓘ Ogeechee River NERFINISHED ⓘ Pamlico River NERFINISHED ⓘ Patuxent River NERFINISHED ⓘ Pee Dee River NERFINISHED ⓘ Penobscot River NERFINISHED ⓘ Potomac River NERFINISHED ⓘ Rappahannock River NERFINISHED ⓘ Roanoke River NERFINISHED ⓘ Santee River NERFINISHED ⓘ Savannah River NERFINISHED ⓘ Savannah River estuary NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Johns River NERFINISHED ⓘ Susquehanna River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drainsInto | Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDirectionOfFlow | eastward ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryDrainageDirection | toward Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| includesWatercourseType |
river
ⓘ
stream ⓘ |
| influences | coastal ecosystems of the U.S. Atlantic seaboard ⓘ |
| locatedIn | eastern United States ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Atlantic Coast of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Atlantic Ocean drainage basin of North America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States surface water drainage system ⓘ |
| separatedFrom |
Great Lakes–St. Lawrence watershed
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gulf of Mexico watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spansUSStates |
Connecticut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Delaware NERFINISHED ⓘ Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ New York NERFINISHED ⓘ North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Atlantic coastal watershed of New Jersey
this entity surface form:
Atlantic coastal drainage basin
this entity surface form:
Roanoke River basin