
Basin Basics
Season 4 Episode 8 | 25m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
A look at natural basins and their self-contained ecosystems.
Tom Earnhardt examines natural basins and their self-contained ecosystems that often hold fish, mussels, crayfish and other creatures endemic to only one basin. Also Tom visits with state and municipal water experts and biologists to learn “basin basics.”
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Exploring North Carolina is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
UNC-TV, Natural World Productions, LLC, WRAL-TV and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Basin Basics
Season 4 Episode 8 | 25m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
Tom Earnhardt examines natural basins and their self-contained ecosystems that often hold fish, mussels, crayfish and other creatures endemic to only one basin. Also Tom visits with state and municipal water experts and biologists to learn “basin basics.”
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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