River Geography
This is the main source of the Pamlico River.
What is the Tar River?
These small fish, often found in the Pamlico River, are a key part of its ecosystem.
What are Minnows?
This is the term for water falling from the sky as rain, sleet, snow, or hail.
What is precipitation?
This is the length of the Pamlico River.
What is 30 miles?
This common activity can lead to increased pollution in rivers.
What is littering?
This large body of water is where the Pamlico River eventually flows into.
What is the Pamlico Sound?
These plants, which can be seen along the Pamlico River banks, help prevent erosion.
What are marsh grasses?
This process describes liquid water becoming water vapor and entering the atmosphere.
What is evaporation?
This Bird of Prey is commonly found flying above the Pamlico River.
What is an osprey?
This process describes the introduction of harmful substances into the river.
What is pollution?
This city is located at the meeting point of the Tar River and the Pamlico River.
What is Washington?
This type of wading waterfowl, often seen on the Pamlico River relies on fish for its diet.
What is a Heron?
This process describes water vapor cooling and changing back into a liquid, forming clouds.
What is condensation?
The rich and fertile soil along the Pamlico River are vital for growing these important crops.
What are corn, wheat, soybeans, tobacco?
These barriers, often built to control river flow and prevent flooding, can disrupt the natural river habitat.
What are levees?
This term describes a man-made barrier that protects the shoreline from erosion.
What is a bulkhead?
This term describes the interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.
What is a food web?
This term describes water released from plants into the atmosphere
What is transpiration?
This rare fish can be found in the Pamlico River living as long as 60 years.
What is the Atlantic Sturgeon?
This agricultural practice, involving the use of chemicals, can lead to runoff into rivers and harm aquatic life.
What are pesticides?
This term describes a U-shaped body of water that forms after a wide meander of river is cut off.
What is oxbow lake?
This term describes the specific role an organism plays in its ecosystem.
What is a niche?
Frozen water transforms into a gas before fully melting into a liquid.
What is sublimation?
This town along the Pamlico was established in 1705, making it the oldest in North Carolina.
What is Bath?
A development that covers the ground in a non-porous material, which prevents water from seeping into the soil.
What are impervious surfaces?