Albemarle-Pamlico estuarine system

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estuarine system

The Albemarle-Pamlico estuarine system is a vast network of coastal sounds, rivers, and wetlands in North Carolina and Virginia, recognized as one of the largest and most productive estuarine complexes in the United States.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Albemarle-Pamlico estuarine system canonical 2
Albemarle-Pamlico Sound system 1
Albemarle-Pamlico drainage basin 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf estuarine system ⓘ
area over 2 million acres of estuarine waters ⓘ
borderedBy Outer Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsHabitat forested wetlands ⓘ
freshwater marshes ⓘ
riverine habitats ⓘ
salt marshes ⓘ
seagrass beds ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designatedAs National Estuary Program study area ⓘ
drainsInto Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
ecoregionType brackish estuary ⓘ
hasPart Albemarle Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ
Alligator River wetlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bogue Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chowan River estuary NERFINISHED ⓘ
Core Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ
Croatan Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ
Currituck Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ
Neuse River estuary NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pamlico Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pocosin wetlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roanoke River estuary NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roanoke Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tar-Pamlico River estuary NERFINISHED ⓘ
importantFor biodiversity conservation ⓘ
regional economy ⓘ
storm protection ⓘ
water quality regulation ⓘ
locatedIn North Carolina ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: Southeastern United States

Virginia ⓘ
managedBy Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Atlantic coastal plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the largest estuarine systems in the United States ⓘ
one of the most productive estuarine systems in the United States ⓘ
separatedFrom Atlantic Ocean by barrier islands ⓘ
supports commercial fisheries ⓘ
nursery habitat for fish and shellfish ⓘ
recreational fisheries ⓘ
tourism and recreation ⓘ
waterfowl habitat ⓘ
threatenedBy coastal development ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ
nutrient pollution ⓘ
sea-level rise ⓘ
watershedArea over 30,000 square miles ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Albemarle Sound → ecoregion → Albemarle-Pamlico estuarine system ⓘ
Albemarle Sound → partOf → Albemarle-Pamlico estuarine system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Albemarle-Pamlico Sound system
Albemarle Sound → drainageBasin → Albemarle-Pamlico estuarine system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Albemarle-Pamlico drainage basin
Tar-Pamlico River lower basin → hasHydrologicConnectionTo → Albemarle-Pamlico estuarine system ⓘ
Tar-Pamlico River lower basin → isHydrologicallyConnectedTo → Albemarle-Pamlico estuarine system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pamlico River estuary
Pamlico River → partOf → Albemarle-Pamlico estuarine system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pamlico Sound system