Currituck Sound

E643057
estuary lagoon sound

Currituck Sound is a shallow, brackish lagoon along North Carolina’s Outer Banks, known for its extensive wetlands, waterfowl habitat, and role in the region’s interconnected coastal estuary system.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Currituck Sound canonical 3
Edenton Bay 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf estuary ⓘ
lagoon ⓘ
sound ⓘ
averageDepth shallow ⓘ
borderedBy Currituck Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Carolina mainland NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectedTo Albemarle Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
environmentalIssue habitat loss risk ⓘ
nutrient pollution concerns ⓘ
sea-level rise vulnerability ⓘ
featureOf Outer Banks landscape ⓘ
hasEcosystemType marshes ⓘ
submerged aquatic vegetation beds ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
hasManagementAuthority North Carolina Division of Coastal Management NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Currituck Banks Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ
Currituck National Wildlife Refuge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge NERFINISHED ⓘ
hydrologicRole part of interconnected coastal estuary system ⓘ
influencedBy tides from the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
wind-driven circulation ⓘ
knownFor coastal wetlands ⓘ
migratory bird habitat ⓘ
waterfowl habitat ⓘ
locatedIn Currituck County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dare County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mid-Atlantic region of the United States ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
Outer Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Albemarle-Pamlico estuarine system NERFINISHED ⓘ
Atlantic Flyway for migratory birds NERFINISHED ⓘ
Atlantic coastal plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
receivesInflowFrom local rivers and creeks ⓘ
region coastal North Carolina ⓘ
salinity low-salinity estuarine system ⓘ
separatedFrom Atlantic Ocean by barrier islands ⓘ
supportsSpeciesGroup fish ⓘ
shellfish ⓘ
shorebirds ⓘ
waterfowl ⓘ
usedFor boating ⓘ
ecotourism ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
recreational fishing ⓘ
waterType brackish water ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Albemarle Sound → outflow → Currituck Sound ⓘ
Hayes Plantation, near Edenton, North Carolina → locatedNear → Currituck Sound ⓘ
subject surface form: Hayes Plantation
this entity surface form: Edenton Bay
Barker House → hasView → Currituck Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edenton Bay
Northeastern North Carolina → adjacentTo → Currituck Sound ⓘ
Atlantic coast of North Carolina → hasPart → Currituck Sound ⓘ