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Geographically, in North Carolina and Virginia the Tidewater area is the land between the Suffolk Scarp and the Atlantic Ocean. In Maryland the Tidewater area is the flooded river areas below the Fall Line. The Hampton Roads area of Virginia is considered to be a Tidewater region.
The Tidewater Research Station, which was established in 1943 in Washington County, was made to serve a large area of North Carolina lying between the coastal plain region and North Carolina's coast. It replaced the Blackland Test Farm near Wenona, which was established in 1912. Agriculture in the Tidewater region has expanded rapidly during ...
Flowing for approximately 50 miles (80 km) before ending in the Albemarle Sound on North Carolina's coast, the river drains about 4,800 square miles (12,000 km 2) of land in North Carolina and Virginia. Flowing through mostly swamp land with occasional high ground, the Chowan River grows to nearly two miles wide (3 km) at its opening to the ...
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Tidewater (region), a geographic area of southeast Virginia, southern Maryland, and northeast North Carolina. Tidewater accent, an accent of American English associated with the Tidewater region of Virginia; Tidewater glacier, a classification of glacier; Tidewater (marine services), a company providing marine services to the offshore petroleum ...
The mouth of Popes Creek is plugged by a flood-tide delta making it an efficient trap for sediment and enriched run-off from three primary sources: farmed watersheds consisting of broad terraces and open upland slopes, erosion of the bluffs and beaches of the Potomac, and the creek bluff erosion itself.
The Hornbook of Virginia History (4th ed.). Richmond, VA: Virginia Office of Graphic Communications. Richmond, VA: Virginia Office of Graphic Communications. ISBN 0-88490-177-7 .
As many Americans begin their holiday festivities, service members are facing uncertainties as a potential government shutdown looms.. Congress had reached a bipartisan agreement Tuesday to keep ...