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  2. North Carolina Estuarium - Wikipedia

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    An estuarium is a type of aquarium at an estuary where fresh and saltwater mix. It opened in 1988. [1] The estuarium has more than 200 scientific and historic exhibits on the ecology of North Carolina's estuaries, the Tar-Pamlico River, and Pamlico Sound including . Visitors can also walk a 3/4 mile boardwalk alongside Pamlico River.

  3. Pamlico Sound - Wikipedia

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    Pamlico Sound (/ ˈ p æ m l ɪ k oʊ / PAM-lik-oh) is a large estuarine lagoon in North Carolina. The largest lagoon along the North American East Coast, it extends 80 mi (130 km) long and 15 to 20 miles (24 to 32 km) wide.

  4. Currituck Banks North Carolina National Estuarine Research ...

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    Currituck Banks North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve is a component site of the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve on the Currituck Banks, north of Corolla, North Carolina. Currituck Banks is one of three original National Estuarine Research Reserve sites dedicated by NOAA in 1985.

  5. National Estuarine Research Reserve - Wikipedia

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    North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve: North Carolina: 1985 North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve: South Carolina: 1992 Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve: Ohio: 1980 Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve: Washington: 1980 Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve: Florida: 1978

  6. North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve - Wikipedia

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    The estuarine system of the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve is the third largest in the country, encompassing more the 10,000 acres (4,000 ha). This system is of prime economic importance to the coastal area—90 percent of the commercial seafood species caught in the state spends at least part of their lives in an estuary.

  7. List of museums in North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    This list of museums in North Carolina is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.

  8. Albemarle Sound - Wikipedia

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    Albemarle Sound (/ ˈ æ l b ə ˌ m ɑː r l /) is a large estuary on the coast of North Carolina in the United States located at the confluence of a group of rivers, including the Chowan and Roanoke.

  9. Chesapeake Bay - Wikipedia

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    The Chesapeake Bay (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ s ə p iː k / CHESS-ə-peek) is the largest estuary in the United States. The bay is located in the Mid-Atlantic region and is primarily separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Delmarva Peninsula, including parts of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and the state of Delaware.

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