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Welcome to Chowan County’s Inner Banks, where nature and beauty flourish in perfect rhythm.
The Albemarle Sound is a Coastal inlet of Northeastern North Carolina and is the largest freshwater sound in North America. The brackish water of this estuary sparkles with a bit of salt water which is drawn in from the sea, but more prominently with fresh water from connecting rivers.  The sound can become slightly more saline in dry summers as salt water from the coast creeps inland. Because of the brackish water, fresh and salt water species of fish and blue crabs are found together in the sound.
The two main rivers feeding into the Albemarle Sound are the Chowan and the Roanoke. The Sound’s waters are clear but tea-colored, from tannic acid created by decomposing vegetation along the banks. This decomposing matter is converted into important nutrients.
Also close to shore, wave action sometimes produces a foam layer on the water’s surface This is a natural by-product of wind and weather.
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