Winyah Bay

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Winyah Bay is a large coastal estuary on the South Carolina coast where several rivers converge before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Winyah Bay canonical 4
Winyah Bay estuary 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bay
estuary
basinCountry United States
continent North America
coordinateSystem geographic coordinates
country United States
drainageBasin Pee Dee River basin
linked to: Pee Dee River
ecoregion South Atlantic coastal estuaries
emptiesInto Atlantic Ocean
hasEconomicActivity shipping
tourism
hasFeature barrier islands
salt marshes
tidal flats
wetlands
hasHabitat coastal marsh habitat
estuarine habitat
hasPort Port of Georgetown
hasRisk habitat loss
pollution from upstream rivers
inflowRiver Black River
Pee Dee River
Sampit River
Waccamaw River
isImportantFor fish nurseries
migratory birds
shellfish habitat
locatedIn Atlantic Coastal Plain
Georgetown County, South Carolina
South Carolina
locatedOnCoastOf Atlantic Ocean
mouthLocation Atlantic Ocean
nearCity Georgetown, South Carolina
nearProtectedArea Hobcaw Barony
Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center Heritage Preserve
Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge
partOf South Carolina coastal plain
region Southeastern United States
state South Carolina
subjectTo tides
usedFor boating
commercial fishing
recreational fishing
wildlife observation
waterBodyType coastal estuary
waterType brackish water

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Pee Dee River flowsInto Winyah Bay
Hobcaw House locatedNear Winyah Bay
Waccamaw River watershed hydrologicallyConnectedTo Winyah Bay estuary
linked to: Winyah Bay