St. Helena Sound

E709322

coastal water body estuary

St. Helena Sound is a large coastal estuary on the Atlantic coast of South Carolina where several rivers, including the Edisto River, empty into the ocean.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
St. Helena Sound canonical	3

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coastal water body ⓘ estuary ⓘ
adjacentTo	Beaufort County, South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Charleston County, South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Colleton County, South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectedTo	Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (regionally) NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
drainageBasinIncludes	Ashepoo River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ Combahee River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ Edisto River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ
emptiesInto	Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasClimate	humid subtropical (regional) ⓘ
hasConservationArea	ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge vicinity ⓘ St. Helena Sound Heritage Preserve vicinity ⓘ
hasEcologicalRole	feeding ground for migratory birds ⓘ nursery habitat for marine species ⓘ
hasFeature	barrier islands ⓘ salt marshes ⓘ tidal channels ⓘ tidal flats ⓘ
hasHydrology	tidally influenced ⓘ
hasMouthNear	Atlantic Ocean shoreline of South Carolina ⓘ
hasNearbyIsland	Edisto Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Hunting Island NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Helena Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNearbyProtectedArea	Edisto Beach State Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Hunting Island State Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasProcess	mixing of freshwater and seawater ⓘ
knownFor	relatively undeveloped coastline ⓘ rich estuarine biodiversity ⓘ
locatedIn	Lowcountry NERFINISHED ⓘ South Carolina ⓘ
locatedOn	Atlantic coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	Beaufort, South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	ACE Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ South Atlantic Bight NERFINISHED ⓘ South Carolina coastal estuarine system NERFINISHED ⓘ
receivesInflowFrom	Ashepoo River NERFINISHED ⓘ Combahee River NERFINISHED ⓘ Edisto River NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Southern United States ⓘ surface form: Southeastern United States
supportsActivity	birdwatching ⓘ boating ⓘ commercial fishing ⓘ recreational fishing ⓘ
waterType	brackish water ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Edisto River → mouthLocation → St. Helena Sound ⓘ

Edisto River → flowsInto → St. Helena Sound ⓘ

Edisto Island → locatedNear → St. Helena Sound ⓘ