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PRODUCTION <br /> O COVER THE ENTIRE ALBENL&RLE-PAIVILICO REGION,YOU <br /> MUST JOURNEY FROM THE ROLLING HILLS OF THE PIED- <br /> MONT TO THE FLATLANDS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN TO THE <br /> WINDSWEPT SHORES OF THE OUTER BANKS. <br /> YOU WILL TRAVEL FROM PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY IN VIRGINIA :.. <br /> TO MOREHEAD CITY IN CARTERET COUNTY. YOU WILL CROSS <br /> MORE THAN 9,299 MILES OF FRESHWATER RIVERS AND STREAMS <br /> AND 1.8 MILLION ACRES OF BRACKISH ESTUARINE WATERS. <br /> THE ALBEMARLE-PAMLICO ESTUARY-30,000 SQUARE MILES OF <br /> WATERSHED-IS THE SECOND LARGEST ESTUARINE SYSTEM IN <br /> THE UNITED STATES, SECOND ONLY TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. <br /> IT IS COMPOSED OF SEVEN SOUNDS-THE ALBEMARLE, CURRI- <br /> TUCK,CROATAN,PAMLICO,BOGUE,CORE AND ROANOKE-AND <br /> FIVE MAJOR RIVER BASINS,AS WELL AS BEACHES, MARSHES AND <br /> BOTTOMLAND FORESTS. <br /> WITHIN THIS DIVERSE GEOGRAPHIC REGION,YOU'LL FIND ONE <br /> OF NATURE'S MOST COMPLEX AND DYNAMIC ECOSYSTEMS. <br /> • <br />