Steve Keith
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- Allen Creek
- In Cape Fear estuaries: From river to sea, page 7
- Moving south and to the opposite bank of the river, we come across Allen Creek. This side of the river is much less accessible, and wide expanses of marsh and swamp remain. Note the distinct tree line indicating a rather homogeneous change in elevation. In...
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- Allen Creek input to the Cape Fear River
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- Bald Head Island
- We have arrived at last to the Atlantic Ocean. On the left side of the inlet is Bald Head Island and on the right is Fort Caswell on the eastern tip of Oak Island. In the foreground is Soutport. The inlet is about one mile across. Notice that the boat traffic...
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- Bald Head Island and the Cape Fear River Inlet
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- Cape Fear estuaries: Introduction
- In Cape Fear estuaries: From river to sea, page 1
- A quiet afternoon on the dock overlooking the Cape Fear estuary, fishing with friends. A gentle breeze clatters the marsh reeds and sends ripples floating across the water. A vision of stability and tranquility. Unfortunately, this vision is entirely misleading....
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- Confluence of the Cape Fear River and Northeast Cape Fear River
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- Conjunction of the Cape Fear River and the Northeast Cape Fear River
- In Cape Fear estuaries: From river to sea, page 4
- The town of Wilmington is located at the junction of the Northeast Cape Fear and Cape Fear rivers. In this photo the Cape Fear River is entering from the bottom. The water in the Cape Fear River is just turning salty as it reaches Wilmington, the zero salinity...
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- Dutchman's Creek
- Turning to the western shore, we have one more stop to make before we reach the sea. This photo shows Dutchman's Creek and a series of smaller tidal creeks. Just behind the serpentine creeks is a canal cutting clear across the photo. This canal originates...
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- Dutchman's Creek and the CP&L canals
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- Federal Point Basin
- In Cape Fear estuaries: From river to sea, page 10
- A few miles south of Snow's Cut, past Fort Fisher and the ferry to Southport, we come to the Federal Point Basin. The basin is part of the Zeke's Island Estuarine Reserve and is a research area for scientists at the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher....
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- Federal Point basin
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- The Intracoastal Waterway
- In Cape Fear estuaries: From river to sea, page 14
- We have reached the sea and the end of the Cape Fear River estuary. Looking south, we can see the curve of the southernmost cusp of the North Carolina coast. The inlet in the distance is the Lockwood Folly River. The Intracoastal Waterway follows the coastline,...
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- Port of Wilmington
- In Cape Fear estuaries: From river to sea, page 5
- Moving to the south end of Wilmington we come to the ports. Ports and marinas are hard to avoid in estuaries, but large ports are worth a look. The ships visiting Wilmington's port are oceangoing cargo ships that need deep water to navigate. What does this...
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- Port of Wilmington
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- Salt marsh
- In Cape Fear estuaries: From river to sea, page 6
- Dropping to earth, we'll visit a salt marsh near Barnard's Creek, a few miles south of Wilmington's center. The dominant plant here is salt marsh cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora). Other plants include sea lavender and sea oxeye. The...
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- Salt marsh near Barnard's Creek
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- Tidal creek
- In Cape Fear estuaries: From river to sea, page 9
- This photo shows conditions just a few yards away from the shoreline. As you can see from the banks of this tidal creek, the tidal range is at least a foot, and the tide is out. Cord grass dominates the central, depressed, area of this photo, and in the background...
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- A tidal creek with diverse zones
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- A view south along the Intracoastal Waterway
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- What makes an estuary?
- In Cape Fear estuaries: From river to sea, page 2
- Estuaries are defined as semi-enclosed bodies of water with intermediate salinities caused by the mixture of fresh and salt waters. That sounds simple enough, but the true qualities of estuaries are found in the interaction between the river and ocean inputs...
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