Charleston Harbor

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Map of the Charleston Harbor watershed.
Map of the Charleston Harbor watershed.

The Charleston Harbor is an inlet (8 sq mi/20.7 km²) of the Atlantic Ocean at Charleston, South Carolina. The inlet is formed by the junction of Ashley and Cooper rivers at 32°49′7.10″N, 79°55′40.41″W. Morris and Moultrie Island. shelter the entrance. Charleston Harbor is part of the Intracoastal Waterway. [1]

Like most river mouths in the Southeast, the inlet is evidence of a drowned coastline, created by a rise in sea level in recent geologic time.

The harbor froze over sufficiently to allow ice-skating during the winter of 1784, as a consequence of the volcanic outpouring at Laki in Iceland during the summer of 1783.

See also: Waterways forming and crossings of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway

[edit] References

  1. ^ Columbia University Press. Charleston Harbor. Bartleby.com. Retrieved on 2 November 2006.
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