Talk:Albemarle Sound

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Albemarle Sound is a body of generally fresh water Nor brackish? Wetman 19:41, 14 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I cribbed that from the Columbia Gazeteer's wording. I would have thought brackish too, but I don't know what the tidal inflow is, and what degree of mixing there is. -- Decumanus 19:45, 14 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I replaced "body of generally fresh water" with a link to "estuary". The estuary page says that a key trait of estuaries is the mixing of fresh water from rivers and salt water from tides. And anyway, unless I'm totally confused, Albemarle Sound is a classic example of an estuary. Pfly 05:00, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

I've noticed changing categories, adding/removing of Category:Sounds of North Carolina and Category:Estuaries of North Carolina. It seems odd to me that there are categories at this level of detail, but for what it's worth, Albermarle Sound is both a sound and an estuary, as are all the sounds of North Carolina. I don't think it is an either/or thing. Pfly 19:36, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

This is beginning to be a problem. Let's discuss it. Wikipedia talk:WikiProject North Carolina#Category Discussion: Estuary, Sound, or Lagoon? --TinMan 03:00, 3 April 2007 (UTC)