14-642: The Ashley River is a blackwater and tidal river in South Carolina , rising from the Wassamassaw and Great Cypress Swamps in western Berkeley County . It consolidates its main channel about five miles west of Summerville , widening into a tidal estuary just south of Fort Dorchester. The river then flows for approximately 17 mi (27 km) along the historical banks of the City of North Charleston before reaching peninsular Charleston. The much wider Ashley joins
28-565: A low conductivity , similar to that of rainwater. Black and white waters differ in their planktonic fauna and flora. Tables 2 and 3 compare the number of planktonic animals caught in black and white water localities only a few meters apart. The black water was not as extreme an example as the Rio Negro system. However, it can be seen that the black water held greater numbers of rotifers but fewer crustaceans and mites . These crustaceans are important foods for larval fish . The zones where
42-825: Is somewhat acidic (typical pH ~6.5) and very clear with a greenish color. The main Amazonian clearwater rivers have their source in the Brazilian Plateau (such as Tapajós , Tocantins , Xingu and some right tributaries of the Madeira ), but some originate in the Guiana Shield (such as Nhamundá , Paru , and Araguari ). Other rivers in Australia may experience infrequent 'blackwater events' associated with flood waters connecting to forested floodplains and these events may be associated with hypoxic waters [low oxygen]. Examples include
56-789: The Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site . The River ranges from 6 to 8 feet in depth. Blackwater river A blackwater river is a type of river with a slow-moving channel flowing through forested swamps or wetlands . Most major blackwater rivers are in the Amazon Basin and the Southern United States . The term is used in fluvial studies, geology , geography , ecology , and biology . Not all dark rivers are blackwater in that technical sense. Some rivers in temperate regions, which drain or flow through areas of dark black loam , are simply black due to
70-804: The Cooper River off the Battery in Charleston to form Charleston Harbor before discharging into the Atlantic Ocean . As of 2012 the land around the Ashley River (or in Ashley Barony, as the original land grant was called) is mostly undeveloped. The river was named for Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury and chief Lord Proprietor of the Carolina Colony by explorer Robert Sandford . In 1675 Cooper
84-1124: The Murray River , Edward River , Wakool River and Murrumbidgee River . Harald Sioli Look for Harald Sioli on one of Misplaced Pages's sister projects : [REDACTED] Wiktionary (dictionary) [REDACTED] Wikibooks (textbooks) [REDACTED] Wikiquote (quotations) [REDACTED] Wikisource (library) [REDACTED] Wikiversity (learning resources) [REDACTED] Commons (media) [REDACTED] Wikivoyage (travel guide) [REDACTED] Wikinews (news source) [REDACTED] Wikidata (linked database) [REDACTED] Wikispecies (species directory) Misplaced Pages does not have an article with this exact name. Please search for Harald Sioli in Misplaced Pages to check for alternative titles or spellings. You need to log in or create an account and be autoconfirmed to create new articles. Alternatively, you can use
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112-673: The National Register of Historic Places with 22 mi (35 km) being designated a State Scenic River, extending from Sland's Bridge (US Highway 17-A) near Summerville to the Mark Clark expressway (I-526) bridge in Charleston. Within this segment, a visitor can experience a blackwater swamp, the tides of the Atlantic, and much of the history of South Carolina. Some of the sites include Drayton Hall , Middleton Place , Magnolia Plantation , and
126-400: The color of the soil; these rivers are black mud rivers . There are also black mud estuaries . Blackwater rivers are lower in nutrients than whitewater rivers and have ionic concentrations higher than rainwater. The unique conditions lead to flora and fauna that differ from both whitewater and clearwater rivers . The classification of Amazonian rivers into black, clear, and whitewater
140-418: The more neutral white waters. The major difference is the concentrations of sodium , magnesium , calcium , and potassium ; these are very low in black waters. This has ecological implications. Some animals need more calcium than is available in blackwaters, so for example, snails , which need much calcium to build shells, are not abundant in blackwaters. The lack of dissolved ions in black waters results in
154-563: The river was developed by plantation owners throughout the eighteenth century. During the Revolutionary War the British occupied the plantations from 1780 to 1782. The major crops grown along the Ashley River included rice, indigo, and cotton. After the Civil War much of the region began to be used predominantly for hunting and tourism. The Ashley River area contains 26 separate sites listed in
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#1732848488926168-469: The two waters mix are attractive to ostracods and young fish. These mixing zones tend to have many animals. The abundance is shown in Table 3, which compares animals in 10 litres (2.2 imp gal; 2.6 US gal) of water. Blackwater rivers resemble clearwater rivers in having a low conductivity and relatively low levels of dissolved solids , but clearwater rivers have water that often only
182-616: Was first proposed by Alfred Russel Wallace in 1853 based on water colour, but the types were more clearly defined by chemistry and physics by Harald Sioli [ de ] from the 1950s to the 1980s. Although many Amazonian rivers fall clearly into one of these categories, others show a mix of characteristics and may vary depending on season and flood levels. Black and white waters differ significantly in their ionic composition, as shown in Table 1 . Black waters are more acidic , resulting in an aluminum concentration greater than that of
196-483: Was granted 12,000 acres (4,900 ha) of land along the river after a permanent settlement was made at Albemarle Point in 1670. This settlement was the “first permanent European settlement” in South Carolina and today Albemarle Point is known as Charles Towne Landing . The settlement would be moved to its current peninsular location across the river ten years later and is well known as Charleston. The land closest to
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