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North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and ...

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drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...

This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries alphabetically indented under each larger stream's name.

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

* North Landing River ** Northwest River * North River *

Pasquotank River The Pasquotank River
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Little River Little River may refer to several places: Australia Streams New South Wales *Little River (Dubbo), source in the Dubbo region, a tributary of the Macquarie River * Little River (Oberon), source in the Oberon Shire, a tributary of Coxs River (Haw ...

* Perquimans River * Yeopim River *

Chowan River The Chowan River (cho-WAHHN)
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Meherrin River The Meherrin River is a long 6th order tributary to the Chowan River that joins in Hertford County, North Carolina. A twenty-foot-high dam on the river creates a reservoir in Emporia. For most of its length, the Meherrin is not large enough f ...

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Potecasi Creek Potecasi Creek is a long 4th order tributary to the Meherrin River in Hertford County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also b ...

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Worrell Mill Swamp Worrell Mill Swamp is a long 2nd order tributary to the Meherrin River in Hertford County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States. Course Worrell Mill Swamp begins at the dam of Worrell Millpond in Murfreesbo ...

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Hares Branch Hares Branch is a long 2nd order tributary to the Worrell Mill Swamp via Worrell Millpond in Hertford County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States. Course Hares Branch rises on the Panther Swamp divide abou ...

Blackwater River A blackwater river is a type of river with a slow-moving channel flowing through forested swamps or wetlands. As vegetation decays, tannins leach into the water, making a transparent, acidic water that is darkly stained, resembling black tea ...

Nottoway River The Nottoway River is a river in the U.S. State of Virginia and northeastern North Carolina that is 155 miles (249 kilometers) in length. The river begins in Prince Edward County and merges with the Blackwater River to form the Chowan River in ...

* Cashie River

Roanoke River

Roanoke River The Roanoke River ( ) runs long through southern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina in the United States. A major river of the southeastern United States, it drains a largely rural area of the coastal plain from the eastern edge of the Ap ...

Dan River The Dan River flows in the U.S. states of North Carolina and Virginia. It rises in Patrick County, Virginia, and crosses the state border into Stokes County, North Carolina. It then flows into Rockingham County. From there it flows back int ...

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Aarons Creek Aarons Creek is a long 3rd order tributary to the Dan River in Halifax County, Virginia. Aarons Creek forms the boundary of Halifax and Mecklenburg Counties, Virginia up to the Dan River. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Infor ...

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Hyco River The Hyco River (Tutelo: Hiḳaatmani:) is a tributary of the Dan River, which is a tributary of the Roanoke River. All three rivers flow through the U.S. states of North Carolina and Virginia. In Person County, North Carolina the Hyco River is ...

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Ghent Creek Ghent Creek is a long 4th order tributary to the Hyco River in Person County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System The Geographic Name ...

**** Cane Creek **** Sargents Creek **** Hyco Creek *****

Cobbs Creek Cobbs Creek is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of Darby Creek in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It forms an approximat ...

***** Kilgore Creek ***** Coneys Creek ***** Panther Branch ***** Lynch Creek ***** Negro Creek **** South Hyco Creek ***** Little Duck Creek ***** Richland Creek ***** Cub Creek ***** Double Creek ***** Sugartree Creek *** Smith River *** Mayo River *** Little Dan River

Albemarle Sound

* Scuppernong River * Alligator River * Long Shoal River

Pamlico River

* Pamlico River **

Pungo River The Pungo River is a river in eastern North Carolina, United States. It originally began in the Great Dismal Swamp in Washington County, North Carolina; the upper part of the river has since been supplanted by the Pungo River Canal, dug in the 19 ...

Tar River

** Tar River ***Kennedy Creek ***Tranters Creek ****Cherry Run ****Mitchell Branch ****Maple Branch ****Aggie Run ****Pocoson Branch ****Pea Branch ****Poley Branch ****Horsepen Swamp ****Haw Branch ****Briery Swamp *****Great Branch Meadow Branch ****Pinelog Branch ****Turkey Swamp *****Bear Grass Swamp ****Collie Swamp ****Flat Swamp ***Bear Creek ****Chapel Branch ***Chicod Creek ****Juniper Branch *****Bates Branch ****Cow Swamp *****Cabin Branch *****Cross Swamp ***Grindle Creek ****Whichard Branch *****Mill Branch ***Moyes Run ****Cannon Swamp ****Baldwin Swamp ***Phillippi Branch ***Barber Creek ***Hardee Creek ****Meeting House Branch *****Bell Branch ***Greens Mill Run ****Reedy Branch ****Fomes Branch ***Parker Creek ***Schoolhouse Branch ***Harris Mill Run ***Johnsons Mill Run ***Bryan Creek ***Sains Branch ***Tyson Creek ****Lawrence Run ***Conetoe Creek ****Mitchell Swamp *****Knight Canal ****Lewis Canal ****Crisp Creek ****Fountain Fork Creek ***Otter Creek ***Cheeks Mill Creek ***Town Creek ****Bynum Mill Creek ****Cokey Swamp *****Sasnett Mill Branch *****Beaverdam Branch *****Millpond Branch *****Cabin Branch *****Deloach Branch *****Dickson Branch *****Parker Branch *****Little Cokey Swamp ****Corn Creek ****Williamson Branch ****Cattail Swamp *****White Swamp ******Cattail Branch ***Jerrys Creek ***Cromwell Canal ***Hendricks Creek ****Holly Creek ***East Tarboro Canal

Fishing Creek

*** Fishing Creek ****Deep Creek *****Longs Branch *****Savage Mill Run *****Indian Branch *****Marsh Swamp ******Cow Haul Swamp ******Burnt Coat Swamp *******Breeches Swamp ********Jacket Swamp ******Beaverdam Swamp ******Dog Pond Branch ******Martin Swamp ****Rocky Swamp *****Jack Horse Swamp ****Beaverdam Swamp *****Black Swamp *****Pinelog Branch ****Little Fishing Creek *****Bear Swamp *****Porter Creek *****Reedy Creek ******Bobbitts Branch *****Bens Creek *****Big Branch *****Walkers Creek ******Dowlins Creek ****Crooked Swamp ****White Oak Swamp ****Shocco Creek *****Little Shocco Creek *****Cabin Branch *****Lees Branch *****Buzzard Branch ****Maple Swamp ****Hogpen Branch ****Bobs Branch ****Gunters Creek ****Reedy Branch ****Long Branch ****Buffalo Branch ****Gum Pond Branch ****Mill Branch ****Wolfpit Branch ****Black Branch ****Possumquarter Creek ****Richneck Creek ****Bridle Creek ****Horse Creek ****Phoebes Creek ****Owens Creek ****Rocky Creek ****Matthews Creek

Swift Creek

***Swift Creek ****Leggett Canal ****White Oak Swamp ****Moccasin Creek ****Lane Swamp ****Flat Rock Branch ****Gideon Swamp ****Sandy Creek *****Tumbling Run ******Jumping Run ******Terry Branch *****Red Bud Creek *****Shelley Branch *****Deer Branch *****Richland Creek ******Crabtree Creek *****Devils Cradle Creek ******Flatrock Creek *****Buffalo Creek *****Weaver Creek *****Dickies Creek *****Cattail Creek *****Martin Creek *****Pounder Branch ***Penders Mill Run ****Raccoon Branch ***Key Branch ***Walnut Creek ***Beech Branch ****Falling Run ***Buck Swamp ***Gay Branch ***Hornbeam Branch ****Compass Creek ***Cowlick Branch ***Goose Branch ***Stony Creek ****Pig Basket Creek ****Little Peachtree Creek ****Big Peachtree Creek *****Back Swamp *****Beaverdam Branch *****Bear Creek *****Wildcat Branch ***Maple Creek ****Polecat Branch *****Hicks Branch ***Grape Branch ***Sapony Creek ****Big Branch ****Little Sapony Creek ****Henry Branch *****Gabe Branch ****Bear Branch ***Jacob Branch ***Long Branch ***Turkey Creek ****Coker Creek ****White Creek ***Biddie Toe Creek ***Cypress Creek ****Long Branch ***Crooked Creek ***Cedar Creek ****Big Branch Creek ****Camping Creek ****Brandy Creek ***Jumping Run ***Wolfpen Branch ***Sycamore Creek ***Fox Creek ***Coole Creek ***Bear Swamp Creek ***Buffalo Creek ***Lynch Creek ***Billys Creek ***Kings Creek ***Buffalo Creek ***Tabbs Creek ***Taylors Creek ****McGee Creek ***Middle Creek ***Ford Creek ***Gibbs Creek ***Sand Creek ***Fishing Creek ****Coon Creek ****Hachers Run ***Aycock Creek ****Johnson Creek ***Bollens Creek ****Boulding Creek ***Cattail Creek ***Jackson Creek ***Rocky Creek ***Owen Creek ***North Fork Tar River ***Shelton Creek ****Fox Creek ***Cub Creek *****Moore Swamp

Neuse River

Neuse River The Neuse River ( , Tuscarora: Neyuherú·kęʔkì·nęʔ) is a river rising in the Piedmont of North Carolina and emptying into Pamlico Sound below New Bern. Its total length is approximately , making it the longest river entirely contained in ...

**Swan Creek **Broad Creek ***Brown Creek **Brown Creek **Orchard Creek ** South River ***Hardy Creek ***Big Creek ***Mulberry Creek ***Old House Creek ***Dixon Creek ***Coffee Creek ***Royal Creek ***Little Creek ***Eastman Creek ***Southwest Creek ***Doe Creek ***Buck Creek ***Duck Creek ***Neal Creek ***Elishu Creek ***Miry Gut ***West Fork ***East Fork ****Rich Island Gut **Pierce Creek **Berrys Creek **Garbacon Creek **Whittaker Creek **Greens Creek ***Camp Creek ****Smith Creek *****Morris Creek ***Kershaw Creek **Adams Creek ***Godfrey Creek ***Delamar Creek ***Sandy Huss Creek ***Dumpling Creek ***Cedar Creek ****Jonaquin Creek ****Cullie Creek ***Kellum Creek ***Kearney Creek ***Issac Creek ***Back Creek **Courts Creek **Great Neck Creek **Long Creek **Dawson Creek ***Tarkiln Creek ***Granny Gut ***Deep Run ***Wheeler Gut ***Fork Run **Clubfoot Creek ***Mitchell Creek ****Big Branch ****Snake Branch ***Gulden Creek ***Mortens Mill Pond ****East Prong ****West Prong **Gatlin Creek **Sassafras Branch **King Creek **Cherry Branch **Alligator Gut **Gum Branch **Handcock Creek ***Still Gut ****Reeds Gut ***Cohooque Creek ****Still Gut ****Barney Branch ****Spe Branch ***Little John Creek ***Jacks Branch ***Dolls Gut ***Shop Branch ***Deep Branch ***Moebucks Branch **Mill Creek **Beard Creek ***Caraway Creek ***Purifoy Gut ***Cedar Gut ***East Prong **Slocum Creek ***Anderson Creek ***Tucker Creek ****Sandy Run *****Miry Branch ****Goodwin Creek ****Daniels Branch ***Mill Creek ****Hunters Branch ***Alligator Gut ***Cedar Creek ***East Prong ****Sandy Branch ****Caps Branch ***Southwest Prong ****Wolf Pit Branch ****Black Swamp Creek ****East Branch ****West Branch **Lower Duck Creek **Otter Creek ***Crooked Run **Goose Creek ***Cypress Creek ***Alexander Swamp ***Black Creek ***Simmons Branch ***Deep Run Branch ***East Fork ***West Fork **Upper Broad Creek ***Deep Run ***Sasses Branch ***Mill Swamp ****Morgan Swamp ***Possum Swamp ****Savannah Bridge Swamp **Northwest Creek **Duck Creek **Scotts Creek ** Trent River ***Lawson Creek *** Brice Creek ****East Prong ****West Prong ****Great Branch ****Lees Branch ****Black Branch ****Georges Branch *** Hoods Creek *** Wilson Creek *** Reedy Branch *** Rocky Run *** Miry Hole Branch *** Island Creek *** Scott Creek *** West Prong Raccoon Creek *** Mill Creek *** Goshen Branch *** Little Hell Creek *** Mill Run *** Long Branch *** Beaverdam Creek *** Jumping Creek *** French Branch *** Crooked Run *** Musselshell Branch *** Resolution Branch *** Beaver Creek *** Chinquapin Branch *** Poplar Branch *** Pocoson Branch *** Little Chinquapin Branch *** Jack Cabin Branch *** Mill Branch *** Cypress Creek *** Reedy Branch *** Black Swamp *** Tuckahoe Creek *** Joshua Creek *** Beaverdam Swamp *** Horse Branch *** Running Branch **Smith Creek **Mills Branch **Rennys Creek **Bachelor Creek ***Caswell Branch ***Round Tree Branch ***Beech Tree Branch ***Jumping Run ***Beaverdam Branch ***Deep Branch ***Rollover Creek ***Hollis Branch **Swift Creek ***Little Swift Creek ****Fisher Swamp *****Beaverdam Swamp ****Pine Tree Swamp ****Bushy Fork ***Bear Branch ***Mauls Swamp ***Palmetto Swamp ***Clayroot Swamp ****Creeping Swamp *****Polland Swamp ****Indian Well Swamp ****Thorofare Swamp ***Fork Swamp ***Simmon Branch ***Horsepen Swamp ***Gum Swamp **Pinetree Creek **Taylor Creek **Turkey Quarter Creek **Core Creek ***Flat Swamp ***Mill Branch ***Grape Creek **Village Creek **Halfmoon Creek **Grinnel Creek **Alum Springs Branch **

Contentnea Creek Contentnea Creek is a major tributary of the Neuse River in North Carolina, USA. It is part of the Neuse River Basin, and flows for 91 miles between the Buckhorn Reservoir (confluence of Moccasin and Turkey Creeks), where it begins, and Grifton, ...

*** Eagle Swamp *** Little Contentnea Creek ****Middle Swamp *****Sandy Run ****Pinelog Branch ****Oldwoman Branch ****Jacob Branch *****Black Swamp ******Langs Mill Run ****Thompson Swamp *****Lighter Knot Swamp ****Ward Run ***Polecat Branch *** Wheat Swamp ****Hallam Branch ***Mussel Run ***Beaverdam Run ***Rainbow Creek ****Sowell Run ****Horsepen Branch ***Shepherd Run ***Poorhouse Run ***Panther Swamp Creek ***Tyson Marsh ****Spring Branch ****Reedy Branch ****Mink Point Branch ****Jacks Fork ***Mill Run ****Washington Branch ***Fort Run ****Lewis Branch ****Lang Branch ***Nahunta Swamp ****Appletree Swamp ****Cow Branch ****Beaver Branch ****Mill Branch ****Button Branch *****Buzzard Branch *****Hams Prong ****Beaver Dam ****The Slough *****Exum Mill Branch ******Jimmy Prong *****Mocassin Run *****Long Branch ****Poplar Branch ****Buck Meadow Branch ****Perkins Old Mill Branch ***Beaman Run ****Howell Swamp ***Water Branch ***Watery Branch ***Toisnot Swamp ****Goss Swamp ****Whiteoak Swamp *****Buck Branch *****Mill Branch ****Little Swamp ****Beaverdam Creek ****Whiteoak Swamp ***Black Creek ****Aycock Swamp ****Mill Run ****Great Swamp *****Juniper Swamp ******White Oak Swamp ******Brandy Branch Swamp ****Cedar Creek ****Lee Swamp ****Robin Swamp ***Hominy Swamp ***Bloomery Swamp ***Shepard Branch ***Mill Branch ***Little Swamp ***Marsh Swamp ***Buckhorn Branch ***Little Creek ***Mill Branch ***Turkey Creek ****Haw Branch *****Camp Branch ****Big Branch ****Driving Branch ****Press Prong ****Wolfharbor Branch ***Moccasin Creek ****Bull Branch ****Little Creek ****Beaverdam Creek **Mosley Creek ***Alligator Branch ***Snake Hole Branch ****Little Snake Hole Branch ***Harrys Branch ***Folley Branch **Beaverdam Branch **Bone Gray Branch **Stonyton Creek ***Jericho Run ***Briery Run ****Taylors Branch **Southwest Creek ***Heath Branch ***Mill Branch ***Strawberry Branch ***Mott Swamp ***Spring Branch ***Clarks Branch ***Hornpipe Branch ***Horse Branch ***Turkey Branch ****Deep Run *****Toms Branch *****Gray Branch **Adkin Branch **Peter Creek **Falling Creek ***Gum Swamp Creek ***White Marsh Run ***Moseley Creek ****Groundnut Creek ***Jumping Run **Whitleys Creek **Squirrel Creek **Manley Branch ***Vernon Branch **Belch Branch **Bear Creek ***Mill Branch ***Meeting House Branch ***West Bear Creek ****Peters Branch ****Old Mill Branch ***Little Marsh Run ***Mill Run ***Hullett Branch ****Drew Branch *****Hinson Branch ***Seneca Branch **Hardy Mill Run ***Trotters Creek ****Frank Nunn Branch ****Bens Branch ****Tar River ****Jacks Branch ***Dalys Creek ****Panther Creek ****John Benton Branch **Cox Creek ***South Prong ***West Prong **Mill Creek ***Still Creek **Walnut Creek **Walker Mill Run ***Powell Run **Sleepy Creek ***Cabin Branch ***Tommy Reed Creek ****Burnt Mill Branch **Pine Level Branch **Green Branch **Fellows Branch **Stoney Creek ***Billy Branch ***Reedy Branch ***Howell Branch ***Stoney Run **Carroway Creek **Poplar Branch **

Walnut Creek A walnut is the edible seed of a drupe of any tree of the genus ''Juglans'' (family Juglandaceae), particularly the Persian or English walnut, ''Juglans regia''. Although culinarily considered a "nut" and used as such, it is not a true bo ...

** Crabtree Creek *** Marsh Creek *** Bridges Branch *** Pigeon House Branch *** Big Branch *** Beaverdam Creek ***

Mine Creek Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to: Extraction or digging *Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging *Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine Grammar *Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun Mi ...

*** House Creek *** Hare Snipe Creek *** Richland Creek *** Sycamore Creek *** Reedy Creek *** Haleys Branch *** Stirrup Iron Creek *** Coles Branch *** Turkey Creek **

Ellerbe Creek Ellerbe Creek is tributary of the Neuse River in North Carolina, USA. It is part of the Neuse River Basin, and flows for more than twenty miles through North Durham. The Ellerbe's watershed begins near Orange County north of Interstate 85, nea ...

Eno River The Eno River, named for the Eno Native Americans who once lived along its banks, is the initial tributary of the Neuse River in North Carolina, United States. Descendants of European immigrants settled along the Eno River in the latter 1740s and ...

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** Flat River * North River *

Newport River The Newport River is a small river in North Carolina that runs approximately twelve miles (twenty kilometers) southeast through the town of Newport with its mouth opening into Bogue Sound, between Morehead City and Beaufort. It is popular for fla ...

* White Oak River * New River

Cape Fear River

Cape Fear River The Cape Fear River is a long blackwater river in east central North Carolina. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Cape Fear, from which it takes its name. The river is formed at the confluence of the Haw River and the Deep River (North Carol ...

** Elizabeth River ** Brunswick River **

Northeast Cape Fear River Northeast Cape Fear River is a long 5th order tributary to the Cape Fear River in southeastern North Carolina. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: * North East River * No ...

** Black River *** South River **** Black River ***

Great Coharie Creek Great Coharie Creek is a long 5th order tributary to the Black River in Sampson County, North Carolina. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: *Cohary Swamp Course Great Co ...

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Little Coharie Creek Little is a synonym for small size and may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Little'' (album), 1990 debut album of Vic Chesnutt * ''Little'' (film), 2019 American comedy film *The Littles, a series of children's novels by American author John P ...

*** Six Runs Creek ** Donoho Creek **

Bandeau Creek Bandeau Creek is a long 1st order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Bladen County, North Carolina. Course Bandeau Creek rises on the Hog Bay divide about 0.25 miles southeast of Lagoon, North Carolina. Bandeau Creek then flows south to joi ...

** Hammonds Creek ** Pemberton Creek ** Mulford Creek ** Turnbull Creek ** Browns Creek ** Ellis Creek ** Bakers Creek **

Harrison Creek The Harrison Creek flows into the Grass River in Pyrites, New York. References Rivers of St. Lawrence County, New York {{NewYork-river-stub ...

Phillips Creek Phillips Creek (also known as Philips Creek) is a tributary of Huntington Creek in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through Fairmount Township. The watershed of the creek has an area of and ...

** Georgia Branch ** Willis Creek ** Grays Creek ** Cedar Creek ** Rockfish Creek (Cape Fear River tributary) **

Cross Creek (Cape Fear River tributary) Cross Creek is a long 4th order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Cumberland County, North Carolina. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: *Crosscreek *Fayetteville Cours ...

** Juniper Creek **

Upper Little River Upper may refer to: * Shoe upper or ''vamp'', the part of a shoe on the top of the foot * Stimulant, drugs which induce temporary improvements in either mental or physical function or both * ''Upper'', the original film title for the 2013 found fo ...

** Thorntons Creek **

Buies Creek Buies Creek is a long 3rd order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Harnett County, North Carolina, United States. Course Buies Creek rises about 1.5 miles southeast of Angier and then flows south to join the Cape Fear River about 1 mile south ...

** Poorhouse Creek ** Dry Creek **

Neills Creek Neills Creek is a long 4th order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Harnett County, North Carolina. Neill Creek is the only stream of its name in the United States. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has al ...

** Hector Creek ** Fish Creek ** Little Creek **

Avents Creek Avents Creek is a long 2nd order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Harnett County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States. The lower reaches flow through Raven Rock State Park. Course Avents Creek rises in ...

** Camels Creek ** Cedar Creek ** Parkers Creek ** Daniels Creek ** Fall Creek ** Buckhorn Creek ** Bush Creek ** Gulf Creek ** Lick Creek ** Little Shaddox Creek ** Wombles Creek ** Deep River *** Rocky Branch *** Rocky River **** Bear Creek ****

Harlands Creek Harlands Creek is a long 3rd order tributary to the Rocky River in Chatham County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been ...

**** Landrum Creek **** Tick Creek **** Meadow Creek **** Varnall Creek **** Loves Creek **** Nick Creek ****

Lacys Creek Lacys Creek is a long 2nd order tributary to the Rocky River in Chatham County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States. Course Lacys Creek rises about 1.5 miles northwest of Siler City, North Carolina in Ch ...

**** Mud Lick Creek **** Greenbrier Creek ****

North Rocky River Prong North Rocky River Prong is a long 3rd order tributary to the Rocky River that begins in Liberty, North Carolina in Randolph County and flows to Chatham County. Course North Rocky River Prong rises on the northside of Liberty, North Carolina, ...

*** Little Buffalo Creek *** Georges Creek *** Big Buffalo Creek *** Cedar Creek *** Patterson Creek ***

Pocket Creek Pocket Creek is a stream in Floyd County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Pocket Creek was so named from a bend, or "pocket", in the river valley. The stream was formed from springs inside this valley. See also *List of rivers of Georgia (U.S. ...

*** Indian Creek *** Smiths Creek *** Line Creek ***

Big Governors Creek Big Governors Creek is a long 3rd order tributary to the Deep River in Lee and Moore Counties, North Carolina. This creek forms the Lee-Moore county line, in part and is the only stream of this name in the United States. Variant names Accordi ...

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McLendons Creek McLendons Creek is a long 4th order tributary to the Deep River in Moore County, North Carolina. This creek is the only stream of this name in the United States. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also ...

*** Lick Creek *** Tysons Creek *** Scotchman Creek *** Buffalo Creek *** Falls Creek *** Cedar Creek *** Bear Creek *** Grassy Creek *** Fork Creek *** Flat Creek ***

Brush Creek A brush is a common tool with bristles, wire or other filaments. It generally consists of a handle or block to which filaments are affixed in either a parallel or perpendicular orientation, depending on the way the brush is to be gripped durin ...

*** Richland Creek *** Back Branch *** Broad Mouth Branch *** Millstone Creek *** Mill Creek *** Reed Creek *** Sandy Creek *** Bush Creek *** Gabriels Creek ***

Hasketts Creek Hasketts Creek is a long 3rd order tributary to the Deep River in Randolph County, North Carolina. Hasketts Creek is the only stream of this name in the United States. Hasketts Creek is listed as non-supporting and as having an impaired biol ...

*** Polecat Creek *** Muddy Creek *** Hickory Creek *** Richland Creek *** Copper Branch *** Bull Run ***

West Fork Deep River West Fork Deep River is a long 3rd order tributary to the Deep River in Guilford County, North Carolina. This stream along the East Fork Deep River forms the Deep River. Course West Fork Deep River rises in Kernersville, North Carolina in Fo ...

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East Fork Deep River East Fork Deep River is a long 3rd order tributary to the Deep River in Guilford County, North Carolina. This stream along the West Fork Deep River forms the Deep River. Course East Fork Deep River rises about northwest of Greensboro, North ...

Haw River The Haw River is a tributary of the Cape Fear River, approximately 110 mi (177 km) long, that is entirely contained in north central North Carolina in the United States. It was first documented as the "Hau River" by John Lawson, an E ...

*** Shaddox Creek *** New Hope River (submerged) ****

New Hope Creek New Hope Creek is a watercourse that rises in rural Orange County, North Carolina, in the United States. It drains the western portion of Orange County and the southern half of Durham County and flows into the northern end of Jordan Lake reserv ...

*** Stinking Creek *** Roberson Creek *** Pokeberry Creek *** Brooks Creek *** Wilkinson Creek *** Dry Creek *** Terrells Creek (Left Bank) *** Terrells Creek (Right Bank) *** Collins Creek *** Big Branch *** Cane Creek (Right Bank) *** Cane Creek (Left Bank) *** Marys Creek *** Motes Creek *** Meadow Creek *** Varnals Creek *** Haw Creek *** Big Alamance Creek ****

Little Alamance Creek Great Alamance Creek, also called Big Alamance Creek, is a 37-mile longMeasurement Tool on Alamance County GIS found on theAlamance County Website/ref> creek that is a tributary of the Haw River. The creek's headwaters are in Guilford County, b ...

*** Back Creek *** Boyds Creek *** Service Creek *** Stony Creek *** Travis Creek *** Reedy Fork **** Buffalo Creek **** Katie Branch **** Rocky Branch **** Smith Branch **** Squirrel Creek **** Richland Creek **** Long Branch **** Horsepen Creek ****

**** Moores Creek **** Beaver Creek *** Giles Creek ***

Rose Creek Rose Creek is an urban stream in San Diego, California that drains to Mission Bay. It flows in a north-to-south direction through Rose Canyon and San Clemente Canyon and their tributary canyons. Both Rose Creek and Rose Canyon are named for San ...

*** Little Troublesome Creek *** Troublesome Creek *** Candy Creek *** Benaja Creek *** Mears Fork *** Rock Branch * Lockwood Folly River *

Shallotte River The Shallotte River (pronounced shallOtte) is a tidal river in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. Waters drain from the tributaries of the Green Swamp near the town of Shallotte and flow south down the river to empty into the Atlant ...

Calabash River Calabash (; ''Lagenaria siceraria''), also known as bottle gourd, white-flowered gourd, long melon, birdhouse gourd, New Guinea bean, Tasmania bean, and opo squash, is a vine grown for its fruit. It can be either harvested young to be consumed ...

Pee Dee River

* Pee Dee River **

Waccamaw River The Waccamaw River is a river, approximately 140 miles (225 km) long, in southeastern North Carolina and eastern South Carolina in the United States. It drains an area of approximately 1,110 square miles (2886 km²) in the coastal plai ...

** ''Little Pee Dee River (SC)'' ***

Lumber River The Lumber River, sometimes referred to as the Lumbee River, is a river in south-central North Carolina in the flat Coastal Plain. European settlers first called the river Drowning Creek, which is the name of its headwater. The waterway known as ...

**** Drowning Creek ***** Hills Creek ***** Little Creek ***** Mountain Creek ***** Quewhiffle Creek ***** Aberdeen Creek ***** Horse Creek ****** Deep Creek ***** Big Branch ***** Naked Creek ***** Jackson Creek **

Lynches River Lynches River, named for Thomas Lynch, Jr., signer of the Declaration of Independence, rises in North Carolina near Waxhaw, North Carolina, at about 700 feet (210 m) elevation, flowing only a short distance to the South Carolina border, and th ...

** Brown Creek ** Rocky River *** Lanes Creek *** Little Meadow Creek ***

Dutch Buffalo Creek Dutch Buffalo Creek is a long 4th order tributary to the Rocky River in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System The Ge ...

**** Adams Creek **** Little Buffalo Creek ****

Black Run Creek Black Run Creek is a long first order tributary to Dutch Buffalo Creek in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. Course Black Run Creek rises about 4 miles northeast of Watts Crossroads, North Carolina, and then follows a southerly course to join Dut ...

**** Jennie Wolf Creek **** Lick Branch ***

Irish Buffalo Creek Irish Buffalo Creek is a long 4th order tributary to the Rocky River in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System The Ge ...

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Cold Water Creek Coldwater Creek or Cold Water Creek may refer to: *Coldwater Creek (clothing retailer) *Coldwater Creek (Missouri river tributary) Coldwater Creek (also Cold Water Creek) is a 19-mile tributary of the Missouri River in north St. Louis County in ...

*** Back Creek *** Mallard Creek **** Stony Creek **** Toby Creek **** Doby Creek **** Clarks Creek **** Doby Creek ***

Coddle Creek Coddle Creek is a stream/river that rises near Mooresville in Iredell County, North Carolina. It flows through most of northwestern Cabarrus County, North Carolina where it empties into Rocky River near Harrisburg, North Carolina Harrisburg, a ...

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Wolf Meadow Branch Wolf Meadow Branch is a long 1st order tributary to Coddle Creek in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States. Course Wolf Meadow Branch rises in a pond about 1 mile southwest of Concord, North ...

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Afton Run Afton Run is a long 1st order tributary to Coddle Creek in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known h ...

Uwharrie River The Uwharrie River () is a long river, in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina in the United States. It is a tributary of the Pee Dee River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean. Course The Uwharrie River rises in northwestern Randolph ...

*** Caraway Creek **** Taylors Creek **** Back Creek **** Little Caraway Creek *** Little Uwharrie River **

Yadkin River The Yadkin River is one of the longest rivers in North Carolina, flowing . It rises in the northwestern portion of the state near the Blue Ridge Parkway's Thunder Hill Overlook. Several parts of the river are impounded by dams for water, po ...

*** Dutch John Creek *** Abbotts Creek ***

South Yadkin River The South Yadkin River is a long river that flows through Alexander, Davie, Iredell, Rowan, and Wilkes counties of North Carolina. The mouth is located north of High Rock Lake, where the South Yadkin River meets the Yadkin River. Major citi ...

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Little Yadkin River Little is a synonym for small size and may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Little'' (album), 1990 debut album of Vic Chesnutt * ''Little'' (film), 2019 American comedy film *The Littles, a series of children's novels by American author John P ...

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Ararat River The Ararat River is a tributary of the Yadkin River in southwestern Virginia and northwestern North Carolina in the United States.DeLorme (2001). ''North Carolina Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. Via the Yadkin it is part of th ...

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Skin Cabin Creek Skin Cabin Creek is a long 1st order tributary to the Ararat River in Surry County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States. Course Skin Cabin Creek rises in a pond on the divide of an unnamed tributary to t ...

**** Pilot Creek **** Bull Creek ***** Whittier Creek **** Toms Creek **** Flat Shoal Creek **** Oldfield Creek **** Caddle Creek **** Rutledge Creek ****

Stewarts Creek Stewart's or Stewarts can refer to: * Stewart's Fountain Classics, brand of soft drink **Stewart's Restaurants, chain of restaurants where the soft drink was originally sold * Stewart's wilt, bacterial disease affecting maize * Stewart's (departmen ...

***** Burkes Creek ***** Beech Creek ***** Turners Creek ***** Pauls Creek ****** Brushy Fork *****

Benson Creek Benson may refer to: Animals *Benson (fish), largest common carp caught in Britain Places Geography Canada *Rural Municipality of Benson No. 35, Saskatchewan; rural municipality *Benson, Saskatchewan; hamlet United Kingdom *Benson, Oxfordshire ...

***** Moores Fork ***** Stony Creek ******

Huntington Branch Huntington Branch is a long 1st order tributary to Stony Creek in Surry County, North Carolina. Course Huntington Branch rises about 1 mile southeast of Lambsburg, Virginia, in Carroll County and then flows southeast into North Carolina to ...

***** Naked Run ****

Lovills Creek Lovills Creek is a long 3rd order tributary to the Ararat River in Surry County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been ...

***** Rocky Creek ***** School House Creek **** Seed Cane Creek **** Faulkner Creek ****

Champ Creek Champ Creek is a long 1st order tributary to the Ararat River in Surry County, North Carolina. This stream is the only one of its name in the United States. Course Champ Creek rises in a pond on the Faulkner Creek divide about 2 miles east o ...

**** Johnson Creek *** Fisher River ****

Davenport Creek Davenport Creek is a stream in Cache County, Utah, United States. It is also located within the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest and its mouth is about southeast of Avon. The creek rises in the Bear River Mountains (at a point about west ...

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Pheasant Creek Pheasant Creek is a creek that runs along the bottom of one of the many coulees that branch off the Qu'Appelle Valley and empties into the Qu'Appelle River in southern Saskatchewan. The creek starts between the communities of Ituna and Jasmin ...

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Dunagan Creek Dunagan Creek is a long 1st order tributary to the Fisher River in Surry County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States. Course Dunagan Creek rises at Stony Knoll, North Carolina. Dunagan Creek then flow ...

**** Bear Creek **** Cody Creek ****

Little Beaver Creek Little Beaver Creek is a wild and scenic area in Ohio. The Little Beaver Creek watershed is located primarily in Columbiana County in eastern Ohio, and in portions of Carroll County, Mahoning County, and western Pennsylvania, draining approxi ...

**** Beaver Creek **** Horns Creek **** Cooks Creek ****

Little Fisher River Little Fisher River is a long 4th order tributary to the Fisher River in Surry County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also ...

**** Burris Creek **** Flat Branch **** Red Hill Creek **** Endicott Creek ****

Sage Creek Sage or SAGE may refer to: Plants * ''Salvia officinalis'', common sage, a small evergreen subshrub used as a culinary herb ** Lamiaceae, a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint or deadnettle or sage family ** ''Salvia'', a large ...

**** Camp Branch **** Roaring Fork **** Gully Creek *** Mitchell River ***

Elkin Creek Elkin Creek is a long 4th order tributary to the Yadkin River in Surry and Wilkes Counties, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has ...

**** Long Branch **** Grassy Creek **** Grassy Fork ***

Little Elkin Creek Little Elkin Creek is a long 3rd order tributary to the Yadkin River in Wilkes County, North Carolina. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: *Little Elkin River Course Littl ...

*** Grays Creek *** Roaring River **** Stewart Creek *** Mulberry Creek ***

Reddies River The Reddies River is a tributary of the Yadkin River in northwestern North Carolina in the United States.DeLorme (2001). ''North Carolina Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. Via the Yadkin it is part of the watershed of the Pee Dee Ri ...

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Hoopers Branch Hoopers Branch is a long first order tributary to the Reddies River in Wilkes County, North Carolina Wilkes County is a county located in the US state of North Carolina. It is a part of the state's western mountain region. As of the 2020 ...

**** Lousy Creek **** Kilby Branch ****

Tumbling Shoals Creek Tumbling Shoals Creek is a long 1st order tributary to the Reddies River in Wilkes County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States. Course Tumbling Shoals Creek rises about 3 miles southwest of Halls Mills, No ...

**** Quarry Branch * ''Santee River (SC)'' ** ''Wateree River (SC)''

Catawba River

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Catawba River The Catawba River originates in Western North Carolina and flows into South Carolina, where it later becomes known as the Wateree River. The river is approximately 220 miles (350 km) long. It rises in the Appalachian Mountains and drains into ...

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South Fork Catawba River The South Fork Catawba River (better known as the South Fork River) begins south of Hickory, North Carolina just northwest of the intersection of US Highway 321 and North Carolina Highway 10, at the confluence of the Henry Fork and Jacob Fork. ...

***** Henry Fork *****

Jacob Fork River Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Jac ...

**** Lower Little River **** Middle Little River ****

**** Johns River ****

Linville River The Linville River is a river in western North Carolina. The river begins in the slopes of Peak Mountain, Sugar Mountain and Flattop Mountain, in the Linville Gap area (also known as Tynecastle). As it goes south through Avery County, it passe ...

** ''Congaree River (SC)'' *** Broad River **** ''Pacolet River (SC)'' ***** North Pacolet River **** Bowens River ****

First Broad River The First Broad River is a tributary of the Broad River, about 60 mi (95 km) long Second Broad River The Second Broad River is a tributary of the Broad River in western North Carolina in the United States. DeLorme (2001). ''North Carolina Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. Via the Broad and Congaree rivers, it is part of the wate ...

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Green River Green River may refer to: Rivers Canada * Green River (British Columbia), a tributary of the Lillooet River *Green River, a tributary of the Saint John River, also known by its French name of Rivière Verte *Green River (Ontario), a tributary of ...

***** Hungry River ****** Little Hungry River * ''Savannah River (SC and GA)'' ** ''Seneca River (SC)'' *** ''Keowee River (SC)'' ****

Toxaway River The Toxaway River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 26, 2011 waterway that flows south from headwaters in Transylvania County, North Carolina, into Lake Toxaway ...

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Horsepasture River The Horsepasture River is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed April 26, 2011 National Wild and Scenic river in the U.S. states of North Carolina and South Carolina. The ...

**** Whitewater River *****

Thompson River The Thompson River is the largest tributary of the Fraser River, flowing through the south-central portion of British Columbia, Canada. The Thompson River has two main branches, the South Thompson River and the North Thompson River. The river ...

** ''Tugaloo River (SC and GA)'' ***

Chattooga River The Chattooga River (also spelled Chatooga, Chatuga, and Chautaga, variant name Guinekelokee River) is the main tributary of the Tugaloo River. Water course The headwaters of the Chattooga River are located southwest of Cashiers, North Carol ...

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Tallulah River :''This article refers to the river. For the town, see Tallulah Falls, Georgia, for the lake, see Tallulah Falls Lake and for the waterfalls and gorge, see Tallulah Gorge.'' The Tallulah River () is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography ...

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Coleman River Coleman River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 26, 2011 stream that is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, mostly within Rabun County, Georgia. It is one of ...

Adams Branch (Richardson Creek tributary) Adams Branch is a tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem r ...

Gulf of Mexico The Gulf of Mexico ( es, Golfo de México) is an oceanic basin, ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of ...

* ''Mississippi River'' ** ''Ohio River (KY, WV)'' *** ''Tennessee River (KY, TN)'' ****

Hiwassee River The Hiwassee River has its headwaters on the north slope of Rocky Mountain in Towns County in the northern area of the State of Georgia. It flows northward into North Carolina before turning westward into Tennessee, flowing into the Tennessee Riv ...

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Nottely River The Nottely River is a river in the United States. The river originates in the Blue Ridge Mountains in northern Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. The river flows for U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataT ...

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Valley River A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams ove ...

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Little Tennessee River The Little Tennessee River is a tributary of the Tennessee River that flows through the Blue Ridge Mountains from Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, into North Carolina, and then into Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. It drains portio ...

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Tellico River The Tellico River is a river in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. It rises in the westernmost mountains of North Carolina, and then flows through Monroe County, Tennessee, before joining the Little Tennessee ...

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Cheoah River The Cheoah River is a tributary of the Little Tennessee River in North Carolina in the United States. It is located in Graham County in far western North Carolina, near Robbinsville, and is approximately 20 miles in length. Its headwaters are i ...

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Tuckasegee River The Tuckasegee River (variant spellings include Tuckaseegee and Tuckaseigee) flows entirely within western North Carolina. It begins its course in Jackson County above Cullowhee at the confluence of Panthertown and Greenland creeks. It flows ...

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Oconaluftee River The Oconaluftee River drains the south-central Oconaluftee valley of the Great Smoky Mountains in Western North Carolina before emptying into the Tuckasegee River. The river flows through the Qualla Boundary, a federal land trust that serves as ...

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Nantahala River The Nantahala River ()
, from the North Carolina Collection's website at the

Cullasaja River The Cullasaja River ()
, from the North Carolina Collection's website at the

French Broad River The French Broad River is a river in the U.S. states of North Carolina and Tennessee. It flows from near the town of Rosman in Transylvania County, North Carolina, into Tennessee, where its confluence with the Holston River at Knoxville form ...

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Nolichucky River The Nolichucky River is a river that flows through Western North Carolina and East Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. Traversing the Pisgah National Forest and the Cherokee National Forest in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the river's wate ...

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Cane River Cane River (''Rivière aux Cannes'') is a riverU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 3, 2011 formed from a portion of the Red River that is located in Natchitoches Pa ...

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North Toe River The North Toe River is the River source, headwaters of the Nolichucky River and a tributary in the French Broad River Drainage basin, basin. From its source at Sugar Gap, between Bald Mountain and Sugar Mountain (North Carolina), Sugar Mountain, i ...

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South Toe River The South Toe River is a river in Yancey County in Western North Carolina. The name Toe is taken from its original name Estatoe, pronounced 'S - ta - toe', a native American name associated with the Estatoe trade route leading down from the NC m ...

***** Pigeon River *****

Swannanoa River The Swannanoa River flows through the Swannanoa Valley of the region of Western North Carolina, and is a major tributary to the French Broad River. Its headwaters arise in Black Mountain, NC; however, it also has a major tributary near its head ...

***** Mills River *****

***** Davidson River *****

Ivy River (Creek) ''Hedera'', commonly called ivy (plural ivies), is a genus of 12–15 species of evergreen climbing or ground-creeping woody plants in the family Araliaceae, native to western, central and southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwestern Africa and ...

**** ''Holston River (TN)'' ***** ''South Fork Holston River (TN)'' ******

Watauga River The Watauga River () is a large stream of western North Carolina and East Tennessee. It is long with its headwaters in Linville Gap to the South Fork Holston River at Boone Lake. Course The Watauga River rises from a spring near the base ...

******* Elk River *** ''Kanawha River (WV)'' **** New River *****

***** North Fork New River *****

South Fork New River The South Fork New River is a river in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It stretches from its headwaters at a spring near Blowing Rock and the Eastern Continental Divide and meanders northward along the northwestern face of the Blue Ridge Mounta ...

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* Adams Creek *

* Alligator River *

Back Creek (Rocky River tributary) Back Creek is a long 2nd order tributary to the Rocky River in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: *Black Creek *Buck Creek Course Back C ...

* Barkers Branch *

Beaverdam Creek (Lanes Creek tributary) Beaverdam Creek is a long 3rd order tributary to Lanes Creek in Union County, North Carolina. Course Beaverdam Creek rises in a pond about 3 miles south of Wingate, North Carolina. Beaverdam Creek then flows northeast to meet Lanes Creek about ...

Big Branch (Lanes Creek tributary) Big Branch is a long 2nd order tributary to Lanes Creek in Anson County, North Carolina. Course Big Branch rises about 2 miles southeast of Fountain Hill, North Carolina. Big Branch then flows southeast to meet Lanes Creek about 2 miles north ...

* Black River *

Black Jack Branch (Brown Creek tributary) Black Jack Branch is a tributary of Brown Creek in south-central North Carolina that drains Union County, North Carolina and Anson County, North Carolina Anson County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 ...

* Blackwell Branch * Bluewing Creek * Bowes Branch * Brice Creek * Broad River *

Brown Creek (Pee Dee River tributary) Brown Creek is a tributary of the Pee Dee River in south-central North Carolina and north-central South Carolina that drains Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Union County, North Carolina, and Anson County, North Carolina. Brown Creek rises n ...

Caddle Creek (Ararat River tributary) Caddle Creek is a long 2nd order tributary to the Ararat River in Surry County, North Carolina. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: *Cadel Creek *Cadels Creek Course Ca ...

Cane Creek (Hyco River tributary) Cane Creek is a long 3rd order tributary to the Hyco River in Person County, North Carolina. Cane Creek joins the Hyco River within Hyco Lake. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historic ...

Canebreak Branch Canebreak Branch is a long 1st order tributary to Lanes Creek in Anson County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States. Course Canebreak Branch rises about 0.5 miles southwest of Kikers, North Carolina. Cane ...

* Carolina Creek * Cashie River * Castle Creek *

Cedar Branch (Lanes Creek tributary) Cedar Branch is a long 1st order tributary to Lanes Creek in Union County, North Carolina. Course Cedar Branch rises at Allens Crossroads, North Carolina. Cedar Branch then flows southeast to meet Lanes Creek about 1.5 miles southeast of Allen ...

Chowan River The Chowan River (cho-WAHHN)
, from the North Carolina Collection's website at the

Clarks Creek *

* Coneys Creek * Cool Spring Branch * Cub Creek *

Cullasaja River The Cullasaja River ()
, from the North Carolina Collection's website at the

* Davidson River * Deep River * Doby Creek * Double Creek * Elk River *

First Broad River The First Broad River is a tributary of the Broad River, about 60 mi (95 km) long Fisher River *

Great Pee Dee River The Pee Dee River, also known as the Great Pee Dee River, is a river in the Carolinas of the United States. It originates in the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina, where its upper course, above the mouth of the Uwharrie River, is known as ...

* Gold Branch * Gourdvine Creek *

* Henry Fork * Hoods Creek * Hungry River * Hyco Creek *

* Jacob Fork * Jennie Wolf Creek * Johns River *

Jones Creek Jones Creek is a village in Brazoria County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,020 at the 2010 census. It is the first location in Texas where Stephen F. Austin settled. History The Father of Texas, Stephen F. Austin, first settled in J ...

* Kilgore Creek * Lacey Branch * Lick Branch *

Lick Branch (Lanes Creek tributary) Lick Branch is a long 2nd order tributary to Lanes Creek in Union County, North Carolina. Course Lick Branch rises in a pond on the southwest side of Marshville, North Carolina in Union County. Lick Branch then flows east to meet Lanes Creek ...

* Little Buffalo Creek *

* Little Duck Creek *

* Little Hungry River * Little Meadow Creek * Little River (Albemarle Sound) *

Little River (Cape Fear River tributary) Little River is a long 5th order tributary to the Cape Fear River in North Carolina. This stream delineates the county boundaries of Moore-Hoke Counties and Harnett-Cumberland Counties for some of its distance. Variant names According to the G ...

Little River (Eno River tributary) Little River is a long tributary to the Eno River in Durham County, North Carolina. Little River along with the Flat River are the major tributaries to the Eno River before it enters Falls Lake. Both the North Fork of Little River and the So ...

Little River (French Broad River tributary) Little River may refer to several places: Australia Streams New South Wales *Little River (Dubbo), source in the Dubbo region, a tributary of the Macquarie River * Little River (Oberon), source in the Oberon Shire, a tributary of Coxs River (Haw ...

Little River (Horry County, South Carolina) The Little River flows through Little River, South Carolina, briefly touching the border with North Carolina before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean at the Little River Inlet. A large portion of the river forms part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Wa ...

Little River (Jacob Fork) Little River may refer to several places: Australia Streams New South Wales *Little River (Dubbo), source in the Dubbo region, a tributary of the Macquarie River *Little River (Oberon), source in the Oberon Shire, a tributary of Coxs River (Hawk ...

Little River (Neuse River tributary) The Little River is a tributary of the Neuse River, which originates in Moore's Pond, south of Youngsville in Franklin County. The river crosses through Wake, Johnston, and Wayne counties, joining the Neuse at Waynesborough State Park and Busco ...

Little River (North Carolina-Virginia) Little River may refer to several places: Australia Streams New South Wales *Little River (Dubbo), source in the Dubbo region, a tributary of the Macquarie River * Little River (Oberon), source in the Oberon Shire, a tributary of Coxs River (Haw ...

Little River (Pee Dee River tributary) Little River may refer to several places: Australia Streams New South Wales *Little River (Dubbo), source in the Dubbo region, a tributary of the Macquarie River * Little River (Oberon), source in the Oberon Shire, a tributary of Coxs River (Haw ...

Little River (Roanoke River tributary) Little River may refer to several places: Australia Streams New South Wales *Little River (Dubbo), source in the Dubbo region, a tributary of the Macquarie River *Little River (Oberon), source in the Oberon Shire, a tributary of Coxs River (Hawk ...

* Little Uwharrie River * Lockwood Folly River * Lower Little River *

* Lynch Creek *

* Mallard Creek * Mayo River *

* Middle Little River *

Mill Creek (Lanes Creek tributary) Mill Creek is a long 2nd order tributary to Lanes Creek in Union County, North Carolina. Course Mill Creek rises about 4 miles northeast of Dudley, South Carolina in Chesterfield County. Mill Creek then flows north into North Carolina to meet ...

Mill Creek (Trent River tributary) Mill Creek is a long 3rd order tributary to the Trent River in Jones County, North Carolina. Course Mill Creek rises about 4 miles east of Pollocksville, North Carolina in Croatan National Forest and then flows southwest then turns northwest t ...

* Mills River *

Mill Run (Trent River tributary) Mill Run is a long 2nd order tributary to the Trent River (North Carolina), Trent River in Jones County, North Carolina. Course Mill Run rises about 1 mile southwest of Olivers Crossroads, North Carolina and then flows northeast to join the Tre ...

* Mitchell River *

Nantahala River The Nantahala River ()
, from the North Carolina Collection's website at the

Negro Creek *

* New Hope River * New River – western North Carolina * New River – southeastern North Carolina *

Norkett Branch Norkett Branch is a long 2nd order tributary to Lanes Creek in Union County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States. Course Norkett Branch rises about 4 miles southwest of Sturdivants Crossroads, North Carol ...

* North Pacolet River * Panther Branch *

Pine Log Creek Pine Log Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Georgia It begins in Cherokee County, flows northwesterly through Bartow County, and then ends in Gordon County as a tributary of Salacoa Creek Salacoa Creek is a stream in Bartow (Old Cass Count ...

* North River *

* Pamlico River * Panther Branch *

Pasquotank River The Pasquotank River
, from the North Carolina Collection's website at the

Pee Dee River * Perquimans River * Pigeon River * Powells Creek *

Reedy Fork (Haw River tributary) Reedy Fork is a long 3rd order tributary to the Haw River, in Alamance County, North Carolina. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: *Reedy Fork Creek Course Reedy Fork ri ...

Reedy Fork (Hyco Creek tributary) Reedy Fork is a long 2nd order tributary to Hyco Creek in Caswell County, North Carolina. Reedy Fork joins Hyco Creek within Hyco Lake. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: ...

* Richland Creek *

including Staunton River * Roaring River * Rocky River * Rough Butt Creek * Salem Creek * Sargents Creek * Scuppernong River *

Second Broad River The Second Broad River is a tributary of the Broad River in western North Carolina in the United States. DeLorme (2001). ''North Carolina Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. Via the Broad and Congaree rivers, it is part of the wate ...

* Six Run Creek *

* South Hyco Creek * South River *

South River (Neuse River estuary) The South River is a tidal estuary, approximately long in Carteret County, North Carolina in the United States. It flows NNE and empties into the estuary of the Neuse River near its entrance into Pamlico Sound. The town of South River sits on w ...

* Stegall Branch * Stony Creek * Storys Creek * Sugartree Creek *

* Tar River * Toby Creek * Trent River *

* Water Branch * Waxhaw Branch * White Oak River * Whitewater River * Wicker Branch *

Wide Mouth Branch Wide Mouth Branch is a long 3rd order tributary to Lanes Creek in Anson County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States. Course Wide Mouth Branch rises in a pond on the northeast side of Marshville, North Car ...

* Wilson Creek * Wiccacon River *

References

USGS Geographic Names Information Service
*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – State of North Carolina (1974)

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North Carolina Streamflow Data from the USGS
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