Atlantic Coast watershed

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The Atlantic Coast watershed is the extensive drainage basin whose rivers and streams flow eastward into the Atlantic Ocean along the eastern seaboard of the United States.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (67)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin
watershed
borderedBy Appalachian Mountains
Eastern Continental Divide
containsEstuary Albemarle-Pamlico Sound
Cape Cod Bay
Chesapeake Bay
Delaware Bay
Long Island Sound
Massachusetts Bay
Narragansett Bay
Penobscot Bay
containsMajorRiver Altamaha River
Androscoggin River
Ashley River
Cape Fear River
Connecticut River
Cooper River (South Carolina)
linked to: Cooper River

Delaware River
Edisto River
Housatonic River
Hudson River
James River
Kennebec River
Merrimack River
Neuse River
Ogeechee River
Pamlico River
Patuxent River
Pee Dee River
Penobscot River
Potomac River
Rappahannock River
Roanoke River
Santee River
Savannah River
Savannah River estuary
St. Johns River
Susquehanna River
drainsInto Atlantic Ocean
hasDirectionOfFlow eastward
hasPrimaryDrainageDirection toward Atlantic Ocean
includesWatercourseType river
stream
influences coastal ecosystems of the U.S. Atlantic seaboard
locatedIn eastern United States
locatedOn Atlantic Coast of the United States
partOf Atlantic Ocean drainage basin of North America
United States surface water drainage system
separatedFrom Great Lakes–St. Lawrence watershed
Gulf of Mexico watershed
Mississippi River watershed
spansUSStates Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Virginia

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pee Dee River partOf Atlantic Coast watershed
Roanoke River partOf Roanoke River basin
linked to: Atlantic Coast watershed
Goose Creek (stream) partOf Atlantic coastal drainage basin
linked to: Atlantic Coast watershed
Absecon Creek partOf Atlantic coastal watershed of New Jersey
linked to: Atlantic Coast watershed
Bass River hydrologicSystem Atlantic coastal watershed of New Jersey
linked to: Atlantic Coast watershed
Neuse partOf Atlantic coastal plain drainage
linked to: Atlantic Coast watershed
Dennis Creek partOf Atlantic coastal drainage basin
linked to: Atlantic Coast watershed