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Charleston Harbor

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The Charleston Harbor is an inlet (8 sq mi/20.7 km²) of the Atlantic Ocean at Charleston, South Carolina. [1]

28 relations: American Civil War, American Society of Civil Engineers, Ashley River (South Carolina), Atlantic Ocean, Charleston in the American Civil War, Charleston, South Carolina, Chart datum, Columbia University Press, Cooper River (South Carolina), Fort Sumter, Geology, H. L. Hunley (submarine), Inlet, Intracoastal Waterway, Jetty, List of waterways forming and crossings of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Morris Island, Panamax, River mouth, Rivers and Harbors Act, Sea level, Sinking of USS Housatonic, Southeastern United States, Submarine, Submergent coastline, Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, United States Army Corps of Engineers, USS Housatonic (1861).

American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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American Society of Civil Engineers

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is a tax-exempt professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide.

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Ashley River (South Carolina)

The Ashley River is a blackwater / tidal river in South Carolina, rising from the Wassamassaw and Great Cypress Swamps in western Berkeley County.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.

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Charleston in the American Civil War

Charleston, South Carolina, was a hotbed of secession at the start of the American Civil War and an important Atlantic Ocean port city for the fledgling Confederate States of America.

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Charleston, South Carolina

Charleston is the oldest and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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Chart datum

A chart datum is the level of water that charted depths displayed on a nautical chart are measured from.

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Columbia University Press

Columbia University Press is a university press based in New York City, and affiliated with Columbia University.

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Cooper River (South Carolina)

The Cooper River is a mainly tidal river in the U.S. state of South Carolina.

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Fort Sumter

Fort Sumter is a sea fort in Charleston, South Carolina, notable for two battles of the American Civil War.

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Geology

Geology (from the Ancient Greek γῆ, gē, i.e. "earth" and -λoγία, -logia, i.e. "study of, discourse") is an earth science concerned with the solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time.

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H. L. Hunley (submarine)

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Inlet

An inlet is an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow, such as a small bay or arm, that often leads to an enclosed body of salt water, such as a sound, bay, lagoon, or marsh.

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Intracoastal Waterway

The Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) is a inland waterway along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States, running from Boston, Massachusetts, southward along the Atlantic Seaboard and around the southern tip of Florida, then following the Gulf Coast to Brownsville, Texas.

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Jetty

A jetty is a structure that projects from the land out into water.

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List of waterways forming and crossings of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway

This is a list of waterways that form the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, sometimes called the Intracoastal Canal, and crossings (bridges, tunnels and ferries) of it.

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Morris Island

Morris Island is an 840-acre (3.4 km²) uninhabited island in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina, accessible only by boat.

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Panamax

Panamax and New Panamax (or Neopanamax) are terms for the size limits for ships travelling through the Panama Canal.

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River mouth

A river mouth is the part of a river where the river flows into another river, a lake, a reservoir, a sea, or an ocean.

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Rivers and Harbors Act

Rivers and Harbors Act may refer to one of many pieces of legislation and appropriations passed by the United States Congress since the first such legislation in 1824.

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Sea level

Mean sea level (MSL) (often shortened to sea level) is an average level of the surface of one or more of Earth's oceans from which heights such as elevations may be measured.

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Sinking of USS Housatonic

The Sinking of USS Housatonic on 17 February 1864 during the American Civil War was an important turning point in naval warfare.

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Southeastern United States

The Southeastern United States (Sureste de Estados Unidos, Sud-Est des États-Unis) is the eastern portion of the Southern United States, and the southern portion of the Eastern United States.

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Submarine

A submarine (or simply sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater.

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Submergent coastline

Submergent coastlines are stretches along the coast that have been inundated by the sea by a relative rise in sea levels from either isostacy or eustacy.

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Sullivan's Island, South Carolina

Sullivan's Island is a town and island in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, with a population of 1,791 at the 2010 census.

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United States Army Corps of Engineers

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is a U.S. federal agency under the Department of Defense and a major Army command made up of some 37,000 civilian and military personnel, making it one of the world's largest public engineering, design, and construction management agencies.

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USS Housatonic (1861)

The USS Housatonic was a screw sloop-of-war of the United States Navy.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston_Harbor

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