Atlantic Ocean via Ossabaw Sound

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The Atlantic Ocean via Ossabaw Sound refers to the portion of the western Atlantic reached through Ossabaw Sound, a coastal inlet on the Georgia shoreline that serves as an outlet for regional river systems.

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Label Occurrences
Atlantic Ocean via Ossabaw Sound canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal ocean area ⓘ
marine water body ⓘ
part of the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
adjacentTo Ossabaw Island ⓘ
Wassaw Island ⓘ
coastal marshes of Georgia ⓘ
climateZone humid subtropical climate region ⓘ
connectedTo Ogeechee River estuary ⓘ
Ossabaw Sound ⓘ
Vernon River estuary ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
governedBy State of Georgia coastal management regulations ⓘ
United States federal marine and coastal laws ⓘ
hasConservationConcern sensitivity to water quality changes from upstream watersheds ⓘ
vulnerability to coastal erosion and sea-level rise ⓘ
hasEcosystemType coastal marine ecosystem ⓘ
estuarine ecosystem ⓘ
hasHydrologicalRole mixes freshwater and seawater in an estuarine environment ⓘ
receives freshwater discharge from regional river systems ⓘ
serves as outlet of Ogeechee River to the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
hasProcess saltwater intrusion into estuarine channels ⓘ
tidal exchange with Ossabaw Sound ⓘ
hasUse habitat for marine and estuarine species ⓘ
navigation route between inland waterways and the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
influences local coastal weather patterns near Ossabaw Sound ⓘ
sediment transport along the Georgia coast ⓘ
isAccessedVia Ossabaw Sound inlet ⓘ
isPartOfHydrologicalSystem Ogeechee River–Ossabaw Sound–Atlantic Ocean system ⓘ
locatedIn off the coast of Georgia, United States ⓘ
western Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
near Sapelo Sound ⓘ
Savannah, Georgia metropolitan region ⓘ
Wassaw Sound ⓘ
partOf Georgia Bight ⓘ
North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: North Atlantic

South Atlantic coastal zone of the United States ⓘ
state Georgia ⓘ
subjectTo coastal storms and hurricanes ⓘ
tides of the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
supportsActivity boating ⓘ
commercial fishing ⓘ
recreational fishing ⓘ
shipping and navigation ⓘ
waterType brackish water in nearshore areas ⓘ
saltwater ⓘ

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

Ogeechee River basin → drainageTo → Atlantic Ocean via Ossabaw Sound ⓘ