Cape Fear
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- proper noun
- /keɪp fɪr/
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Cabo Miedo
- We note that the Northeast Cape Fear River basin contains among the highest concentrations of CAFOs per watershed in the country (Mallin 2000).
- Cape Fear River
- Cape Fear River basin
Examples
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The Black River and Northeast Cape Fear River systems have been restocked with hatchery-raised freshwater species after each hurricane, which helps the recovery process of this community.
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Only one major incident was reported after Hurricane Bonnie (a lagoon inundation) in the Northeast Cape Fear River basin.
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The lower Cape Fear watershed.
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The coastal plain-derived Black River enters the Cape Fear River above station IC (Figure 2), lowering DO levels there.
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Hurricane Bertha did not go inland into the Cape Fear watershed, and thus caused no increases in river or estuary nutrient levels.
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The benthic community in the Cape Fear estuary may reflect those taxa that have already undergone selection for periodic, strong disturbance events.
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Whereas Bertha caused considerable infrastructure damage in the Wilmington area and had some localized effects on water quality, the hurricane had little inland impact in the Cape Fear River basin.
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However, after Hurricane Floyd, there were 13 reported lagoon floodings or lagoon breaches in this watershed, mostly in the Northeast Cape Fear River basin.
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Only one site, the upper estuarine site in the mainstem Cape Fear River (station NAV), showed consistency over time in dominance patterns, with oligochaetes being the most common taxa during all seasons.
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The hurricane made landfall early today at Cape Fear, N.C., and began a march up the coast.
Surface Forms
Morphology
cape + Fear
The structure 'Cape + Name' is compositional: 'cape' denotes a promontory projecting into water and 'Fear' functions as a proper name. A B1 learner who knows 'cape' (headland) and the word 'fear' can readily infer this is a promontory called 'Fear' on the coast, and place-name formations of this type are cross-linguistically common, so the meaning is transparent.
Etymology
Cape Fear likely got its name from early sailors. One popular story says they called the low point of land a cape and felt great fear there because hidden sandbanks and sudden storms made sailing dangerous, so that scary name stuck as the place name.