Cards Pond, or Card Pond, is a coastal
lagoon
A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses. Lagoons are commonly divided into '' coastal lagoons'' (or ''barrier lagoons ...
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South Kingstown
South Kingstown is a town in, and the county seat of, Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 31,931 at the 2020 census. South Kingstown is the second largest town in Rhode Island by total geographic area, behind New ...
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Washington County, Rhode Island
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United States
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Coastal lagoon
It is one of nine coastal lagoons (often referred to as "salt ponds") in southern Rhode Island.
According to the Rhode Island Sea Grant program, "
s breachway is only intermittently open to the sea", and it receives large quantities of freshwater from Moonstone Stream; only two other salt ponds, Point Judith and Greenhill, have significant streams flowing into them. It is partially within the
Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge
Trustom Pond is a closed lagoon in South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. It is one of nine coastal lagoons (referred to as "salt ponds" by locals) in southern Rhode Island. It has a surface area of , and is the only unde ...
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which is inhabited by over 360 species of animals.
Watershed
Cards Pond's watershed covers , of which is occupied by water; the pond itself has a surface area of , while other, smaller bodies of water account for the other . The pond averages deep, and has a salinity level of approximately 4
parts per thousand, too low to sustain the growth of
eelgrass Eelgrass is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
* ''Zostera'', marine eelgrass
* ''Vallisneria'', freshwater eelgrass
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