North Carolina Estuaries
Pamlico Sound
More about Pamlico
Pamlico is located along the North American East Coast. Pamlico is the largest estuary along the coast. Estuaries provide good foods and services that are economically indispensable; they are the nurseries of the sea.
Plants and Animals
In the Pamlico sound there are Dolphins, whales, sea turtles, blue crab, shrimp, and many others.
What flows into Pamlico?
The three main rivers that flow into Pamlico is Pasquotank, Chowan, and Roanoke.
Threats to Pamlico
Even though our estuary is beautiful, it has it's downsides. Some of the threats to Pamlico is pollution.
Watershed
Water sheds are very important, because they keep the land from flooding and superate the bodies of water easily.