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Title: North Carolina


1
North Carolina
2
NC Coastline
  • Shoreline length of 301 miles
  • Coastline length of 3375 miles

3
Tides
  • Microtidal
  • Avg. tide of 2.5-3.5 ft.

4
Northern Barrier Islands
  • Bodie Island?Oregon Inlet
  • Hatteras Island?Hatteras Inlet
  • Ocracoke Island?Ocracoke Inlet

5
Central Barrier Islands
  • Ocracoke Inlet?Portsmouth Island
  • ?Drum Inlet?Core Banks-Cape Lookout
  • ?Bardens Inlet?Shackleford Banks
  • ?Beaufort Inlet?Bogue Banks?Bogue Inlet
  • ?Brown Inlet?Onslow Beach?New River Inlet

6
Southern Barrier Islands
  • Topsail Island
  • Figure Eight Island
  • Shell Island(Wrightsville)
  • Masonboro Island
  • Carolina Beach
  • Baldhead Island
  • Oak Island
  • Holden Beach

7
Major stretches of undeveloped beach
  • Undeveloped
  • ?Portsmouth Island (North Core Banks) Approx.
    20
  • miles long.historic Portsmouth Village
  • ?South Core Banks (Cape Lookout) Approx. 26
    miles
  • Historic Cape Lookout Village
  • ?Shackleford Banks Approx. 8 miles long
  • ?Masonboro Island Approx. 7 miles long

8
Developed Islands
  • All of NCs inhabited barrier islands are being
    rapidly developed
  • ?June-August 11000/wk
  • Kitty Hawk, NC14 bedrooms, 14 baths

9
Oregon Inlet
  • Only inlet along 170 km of northern coastline
  • Supports a large commercial and recreational
    fleet
  • Most dynamic of NCs inlet, migrated more than
    two miles from its original location

10
Oregon Inlet
  • East facing beach receives high wave impact

11
Pamlico Sound
  • 2000 square mile shallow water estuary
  • 2nd largest estuary in the US

12
Beaufort Inlet
  • One of two major seaports in NC
  • Relatively stable and deep (45 feet)
  • Located between Shackleford Banks and Bogue Banks

13
Cape Fear River
  • Longest river
  • Important commercial traffic
  • Economically important to Wilmington
  • Empties near Southport between Baldhead and Oak
    Islands
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