Map of the Charleston Harbor watershed.

The Charleston Harbor is an inlet (8 sq mi/20. An inlet is a narrow body of water between islands or leading inland from a larger body of water often leading to an enclosed body of water such as a sound, bay, 7 km²) of the Atlantic Ocean at Charleston, South Carolina. Charleston is a city in Charleston county in the US state of South Carolina. The inlet is formed by the junction of Ashley and Cooper rivers at 32°49′7.10″N, 79°55′40.41″W. The Ashley River is the name of multiple rivers in the Congo Ashley River New Zealand Ashley River (South Carolina, United States Cooper River may refer to Cooper River (New Jersey, a tributary of the Delaware River Cooper River (South Carolina, a tributary of the Morris and Moultrie Island. Morris Island is an 840 acre (34 km² uninhabited Island in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina, accessible only by boat shelter the entrance. Charleston Harbor is part of the Intracoastal Waterway. The Intracoastal Waterway is a 4800-km (3000-mile Waterway along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States. ^[1]

Like most river mouths in the Southeast, the inlet is evidence of a drowned coastline, created by a rise in sea level in recent geologic time. Submergent coastline s are stretches along the coast that have been inundated by the sea due to a relative rise in sea levels Geology (from Greek γη gê, "earth" and λόγος Logos, "speech" lit

The harbor froze over sufficiently to allow ice-skating during the winter of 1784, as a consequence of the volcanic outpouring at Laki in Iceland during the summer of 1783. Laki or Lakagígar ( Craters of Laki) is a volcanic fissure situated in the south of Iceland, not far from the canyon of Eldgjá and Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland ( ( Ísland or Lýðveldið Ísland (

See also: Waterways forming and crossings of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway

References

1. ^ Columbia University Press. This is a list of Waterways that form the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and crossings ( Bridges Tunnels and Ferries) across it Columbia University Press is a University press based in New York City, and affiliated with Columbia University. Charleston Harbor. Bartleby.com. Retrieved on 2 November 2006. Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.