Tidewater region of North Carolina

Tidewater Region of North Carolina

The Tidewater Region is the land along the coast of North Carolina close to sea level. All the beaches of North Carolina are located here. There are also capes North Carolina. A Cape is a strip of land projecting into a body of water. A lighthouse, normally on a Cape, shines so boats and ships don't run into the land. The major streams and rivers empty into sounds or the Atlantic Ocean. The Tidewater has eight sounds: Back, Pamlico, Albemarle, Currituck, Croatan, Roanoke, Core, and Bogue Sounds. 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 km2),[2] which makes it one of the largest swamps in the USA. The Tidewater in North and South Carolina is the only place in the world where the Venus Flytrap grows naturally.[3]

Tidewater Research Station

The Tide water 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. The Tidewater region has expanded rapidly agriculturally during the past 35 years. Much land clearing and drainage happened in the Tidewater from the 1960s to the 1980s. The need for research grew with the increased crop size. The station focuses on research that involves grain and pig production— the biggest focus of agriculture in the area. The station has 1,558 acres (6.31 km2) (840 woodland, 428 cropland, 195 pastures, and 95 ponds, buildings, roads, and related areas).[4]

References

  1. ^ Great Dismal Swamp (1), 9/25/2010
  2. ^ Great Dismal Swamp (2), 9/20/2010
  3. ^ Venus Flytrap, 9/25/2010.
  4. ^ Tidewater Research Station 9/20/2010