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It has many wetlands, where water covers the land. The Great Dismal Swamp, which is a series of swamps scattered from Virginia to North Carolina, is North Carolina's largest wetland area. [1] It covers approximately 111,000 acres (450 km 2), [2] which makes it one of the largest swamps in the country.
North Carolina is the most ecologically unique state in the southeast because its borders contain sub-tropical, temperate, and boreal habitats. Although the state is at temperate latitudes, the Appalachian Mountains and the Gulf Stream influence climate and, hence, the vegetation (flora) and animals (fauna).
The Triangle Land Conservancy bought 665 acres of forest and wetlands along the Cape Fear River in Lee County in 2023. Protections have narrowed for North Carolina wetlands not directly connected ...
Most places have only one wet season, but areas of the tropics can have two wet seasons, because the monsoon trough, or Intertropical Convergence Zone, can pass over locations in the tropics twice per year. However, since rain forests have rainfall spread evenly through the year, they do not have a wet season. [6]
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Development of land has greatly reduced both the number and acreage of the bogs in North Carolina. [5] Bog ecosystems evolved in humid cold temperate regions and are generally ombrotrophic which means the system is dependent on precipitation for moisture and nutrient inputs.
The rivers of central North Carolina rise on the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge. The two largest of these are the Catawba River and the Yadkin River, and they drain much of the Piedmont region of the state. The major rivers of Eastern North Carolina, from north to south, are: the Chowan, the Roanoke, the Tar, the Neuse and the Cape Fear.
The North American monsoon is marked by a broad area of high pressure, usually parked in the Four Corners region, but the exact position of that high can influence exactly where (and how much ...