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Drainage class: Very poorly to poorly drained 



Drainage basin: Neuse River (CT 1, CT 2, CT 3, CT 4); and local 

 tributaries to Pamlico Sound (CT 5, CT 6) 



Hydrology characterization: Very poorly to poorly drained mucky 

 silt loams and fine sandy loams in a saturated, temporarily 

 flooded palustrine system; with, locally, moderately well drained 

 loams in a mesic terrestrial system. Both systems drain either 

 into the Neuse River or into Pamlico Sound via local tributaries. 



24d. Topography Summary - All CT's 



Landform: Interstream flat or lowland plain 



Shelter: partly sheltered 



Aspect: Not applicable 



Slope Angle : Nearly level 



Profile: Flat 



Surface patterns: Hummocky to smooth, often with shallow pans 



present locally 



Position: Not applicable 



25. Physiographic characterization of natural area: 



A climax to near-climax mixed mesophytic to hydrophytic 

 forest of a pelosere or pelopsammosere, on a lowland plain 

 underlain by Pleistocene Marine and estuarine sediments, in 

 the Outer Coastal Plain Region of the Embayed Section of the 

 Coastal Plain Province. 



Geological Formation: CT 1, CT 2, CT 3, CT 4, CT 5 



Core Creek sand of the Pleistocene ("lower Wisconsin and 

 (or) upper Sangamon (?) ") possibly over the Yorktown Formation 

 of the lower Pliocene to upper Miocene. 



CT 6: unknown, but either similar to the preceding, or underlain 

 by more recent Holocene deposits. All communities on the Pamlico 

 marine terrace. 



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