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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 ...

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North Landing River The North Landing River is a river in the U.S. states of Virginia and North Carolina. See also *List of rivers of North Carolina *List of rivers of Virginia This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Virginia. By drainage basin This list is ...
** Northwest River * North River * Pasquotank River * Little River *
Perquimans River The Perquimans River is a coastal waterway in Northeastern North Carolina in the United States. Located entirely within Perquimans County, North Carolina, Perquimans County, the river drains directly to the Albemarle Sound between Durant's Neck o ...
* Yeopim River *
Chowan River The Chowan River (cho-WAHHN)
, from the North Carolina Collection's website at the Wiccacon River This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of North Carolina. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries alphabetically indented under each larger stream's name. Atlantic Ocean * North Landing Rive ...
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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 ...
*** Worrell Mill Swamp ****
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 abo ...
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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 ...
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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

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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 ...
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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 i ...
*** Aarons Creek **** Crooked Fork *** Hyco River **** Castle Creek **** Storys Creek **** Powells Creek ****
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 Hyco Creek is a long 3rd order tributary to the Hyco River in Person County, North Carolina. Hyco Creek joins the Hyco River within Hyco Lake. Hyco Creek forms the Hyco River along with South Hyco Creek. Variant names According to the Geogra ...
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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 Coneys Creek is a long 1st order tributary to Hyco Creek in Caswell County, North Carolina Caswell County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is located in the Piedmont Triad region of the state. At the 2020 census, the pop ...
***** Panther Branch *****
Lynch Creek Lynch Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 9, 2011 stream in Sonoma County, California, United States which discharges into the Petaluma River. Course Lynch ...
***** Negro Creek ****
South Hyco Creek South Hyco Creek is a long 4th order tributary to the Hyco River in Person County, North Carolina. South Hyco Creek joins the Hyco River within Hyco Lake. South Hyco Creek forms the Hyco River along with Hyco Creek. Variant names According to ...
***** Little Duck Creek ***** Richland Creek ***** Cub Creek ***** Double Creek ***** Sugartree Creek *** Smith River *** Mayo River ***
Little Dan River The Little Dan River is a river in the United States states of Virginia and North Carolina. See also * List of rivers of Virginia ReferencesUSGS Geographic Names Information Service*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Virginia (1974) * ...


Albemarle Sound

* Scuppernong River * Alligator River * Long Shoal River


Pamlico River

* Pamlico River ** Pungo River


Tar River

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Tar River The Tar River is a river that is approximately long, in northeast North Carolina flowing generally southeast to an estuary of Pamlico Sound. The Tar River becomes the tidal Pamlico River once it underpasses the U.S. Highway 17 Bridge in Wash ...
***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

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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 Miry Hole Branch is a long 1st order tributary to the Trent River in Jones County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States. Course Miry Hole Branch rises about 2 miles south of Trent Woods, North Carolina and ...
*** 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 ...
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Eagle Swamp Eagle Swamp is a long 3rd order tributary to Contentnea Creek in Lenoir County, North Carolina Lenoir County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 55,122. Its county seat is Kinston, lo ...
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Little Contentnea Creek Little Contentnea Creek is a long 4th order tributary to Contentnea Creek in Pitt County, North Carolina. Course Little Contentnea Creek rises about 1 mile northeast of Saratoga, North Carolina Saratoga is a town in Wilson County, North Carol ...
****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 ** Little River ** Walnut Creek ** Crabtree Creek *** Marsh Creek *** Bridges Branch *** Pigeon House Branch *** Big Branch *** Beaverdam Creek *** Mine Creek *** House Creek *** Hare Snipe Creek *** Richland Creek *** Sycamore Creek *** Reedy Creek *** Haleys Branch ***
Stirrup Iron Creek Stirrup Iron Creek is a tributary to Crabtree Creek that rises near Brassfield, North Carolina and then flows south-southeast into Lake Crabtree. The watershed is about 31% forested. See also *List of rivers of North Carolina This is a list o ...
*** 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 *** Little River ** Flat River * North River * Newport River *
White Oak River The White Oak River is a blackwater river, close to 48 mi (77 km) long, on the coastal plain of southeast North Carolina in the United States. It empties in the Atlantic Ocean. Course It rises in the White Oak Pocosin in northern Onslo ...
* New River


Cape Fear River

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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 Caro ...
** 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 * N ...
** Black River *** South River **** Black River *** Great Coharie Creek **** Little Coharie Creek *** Six Runs Creek ** Donoho Creek ** Bandeau Creek **
Hammonds Creek Hammonds Creek is a long 3rd order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Bladen County, North Carolina. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: *Hammond Creek Course Hammonds ...
** Pemberton Creek ** Mulford Creek ** Turnbull Creek ** Browns Creek ** Ellis Creek ** Bakers Creek ** Harrison Creek **
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 Willis Creek is a creek in Bryce Canyon National Park, Dixie National Forest, and the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument in Garfield and Kane counties in southern Utah, United States. The creek rises in the national park in Garfield ...
** Grays Creek ** Cedar Creek **
Rockfish Creek (Cape Fear River tributary) Rockfish Creek is a long 5th order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Cumberland County, North Carolina. Course Rockfish Creek rises about 2 miles northeast of Aberdeen, North Carolina in Moore County. The creek then flows southeast to Hoke ...
** Cross Creek (Cape Fear River tributary) ** Little River ** Juniper Creek ** Upper Little River ** Thorntons Creek ** Buies Creek ** Poorhouse Creek ** Dry Creek ** Neills Creek ** Hector Creek ** Fish Creek ** Little Creek ** Avents Creek ** 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 Rocky River may refer to: Localities * Rocky River, Ohio, USA * Rocky River, New South Wales near Uralla, Australia Electorates *Electoral district of Rocky River (South Australia) Streams In Australia: * Rocky River (New South Wales) * ...
**** Bear Creek **** Harlands Creek **** Landrum Creek **** Tick Creek **** Meadow Creek **** Varnall Creek **** Loves Creek **** Nick Creek **** Lacys Creek **** Mud Lick Creek **** Greenbrier Creek **** North Rocky River Prong ***
Little Buffalo Creek Little Buffalo Creek is a tributary of Buffalo Creek in Union County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through White Deer Township and Kelly Township. The watershed of the creek has an area of . The creek i ...
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Georges Creek Georges Creek may refer to: Places Australia *Georges Creek (Armidale Dumaresq), a tributary of the Macleay River in New South Wales In the United States * Maryland: ** George's Creek, Maryland, unincorporated community in Allegany County **George ...
*** Big Buffalo Creek *** Cedar Creek ***
Patterson Creek Patterson Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 15, 2011 tributary of the North Branch Potomac River in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle, in the United States ...
*** Pocket Creek *** Indian Creek *** Smiths Creek *** Line Creek *** Big Governors Creek *** McLendons Creek *** Lick Creek ***
Tysons Creek Tysons Creek is a long 3rd order tributary to the Deep River in Moore County, North Carolina. This is the only stream in the United States by this name. Course Tysons Creek rises in a pond about 0.25 miles northeast of Harpers Crossroads in ...
*** Scotchman Creek *** Buffalo Creek *** Falls Creek *** Cedar Creek *** Bear Creek *** Grassy Creek *** Fork Creek *** Flat Creek *** Brush Creek *** Richland Creek *** Back Branch ***
Broad Mouth Branch Broad Mouth Branch is a long 1st order tributary to the Deep River in Randolph, North Carolina. This is the only stream with this name in the United States according to the US Geological Survey. Course Broad Mouth Branch rises in a pond on t ...
*** Millstone Creek *** Mill Creek *** Reed Creek *** Sandy Creek *** Bush Creek *** Gabriels Creek *** Hasketts Creek *** Polecat Creek *** Muddy Creek *** Hickory Creek *** Richland Creek *** Copper Branch *** Bull Run *** West Fork Deep River *** East Fork Deep River ** Haw River *** 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 reservo ...
*** 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 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, ...
**** Little Alamance Creek *** 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 **** Brush Creek ****
Moores Creek Moores the Suit People, Corp., operating as Moores Clothing for Men, is a Canadian company specializing in business clothing and formalwear for men. It is an affiliate of Men's Wearhouse in the United States. The company's ad slogan is: "Well m ...
**** 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 Lockwood Folly River or Lockwood's Folly River is a short tidal river in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. Waters from the Green Swamp drain into the river near Supply and flow southward to empty into the Atlantic Intracoastal W ...
* Shallotte River * Calabash River * Little River


Pee Dee River

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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 ...
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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 **** 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 ...
** Little River ** Brown Creek **
Rocky River Rocky River may refer to: Localities * Rocky River, Ohio, USA * Rocky River, New South Wales near Uralla, Australia Electorates *Electoral district of Rocky River (South Australia) Streams In Australia: * Rocky River (New South Wales) * ...
*** 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 Little Buffalo Creek is a tributary of Buffalo Creek in Union County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through White Deer Township and Kelly Township. The watershed of the creek has an area of . The creek i ...
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Black Run Creek Black Run Creek is a long first order tributary to Dutch Buffalo Creek in Cabarrus County, North Carolina Cabarrus County ( )
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Jennie Wolf Creek Jennie Wolf Creek is a long 2nd order tributary to Dutch Buffalo 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 a ...
**** Lick Branch ***
Irish Buffalo Creek Irish Buffalo Creek is a long 4th order tributary to the Rocky River in Cabarrus County, North Carolina Cabarrus County ( )
**** Cold Water Creek *** Back Creek *** Mallard Creek **** Stony Creek ****
Toby Creek Toby Creek (also known as Toby's Creek) is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through Dallas Township, Dallas, Kingston Township, Courtdale, Luze ...
**** 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 ...
** Uwharrie River *** Caraway Creek **** Taylors Creek **** Back Creek **** Little Caraway Creek ***
Little Uwharrie 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 ...
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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, p ...
*** 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 cit ...
*** Little Yadkin River ***
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 ...
**** Skin Cabin Creek **** Pilot Creek **** Bull Creek ***** Whittier Creek **** Toms Creek **** Flat Shoal Creek **** Oldfield Creek **** Caddle Creek **** Rutledge Creek **** Stewarts Creek ***** 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 *****
Naked Run Naked Run is a long 1st order tributary to Stewarts Creek in Surry County, North Carolina. Course Naked Run rises about 0.5 miles east of Lambsburg, Virginia in Carroll County and then flows southeast into North Carolina to join Stewarts ...
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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 Seed Cane Creek is a long 2nd order tributary to the Ararat River in Surry County, North Carolina. Course Seed Cane Creek rises in Sheltontown, North Carolina and then flows southwest to join the Ararat River at Mount Airy. Watershed See ...
**** Faulkner Creek **** Champ Creek **** 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 The Bear River Range (als ...
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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 Jas ...
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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 flows ...
**** 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 Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondary ...
**** Endicott Creek **** Sage Creek **** 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 h ...
**** 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 Lit ...
*** 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 R ...
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Hoopers Branch Hoopers Branch is a long first order tributary to the Reddies River in Wilkes County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States. Course Hoopers Branch rises in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina and then flows so ...
**** 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, N ...
**** 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 ****
Lower Little River Lower may refer to: * Lower (surname) *Lower Township, New Jersey *Lower Receiver (firearms) * Lower Wick Gloucestershire, England See also *Nizhny Nizhny (russian: Ни́жний; masculine), Nizhnyaya (; feminine), or Nizhneye (russian: Ни ...
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Middle Little River Middle or The Middle may refer to: * Centre (geometry), the point equally distant from the outer limits. Places * Middle (sheading), a subdivision of the Isle of Man * Middle Bay (disambiguation) * Middle Brook (disambiguation) * Middle Creek ( ...
**** Upper 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 Bowens International was founded as Bowens Camera Service Company, a London based camera repair company, in 1923 which by the 1950s had grown to be one of the largest in Europe. In 1963, the name ''Bowens International LTD.'' was registered. ...
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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 waters ...
**** Green River *****
Hungry River The Hungry River flows in western North Carolina, United States. It arises in eastern Henderson County and flows southwesterly, its entire course within Henderson County, before it empties into the Green River. In 1904, the first hydroelectr ...
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Little Hungry 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 ...
* ''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. Th ...
**** Whitewater River ***** Thompson 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 ...
**** Coleman River * Adams Branch (Richardson Creek tributary)


Gulf of Mexico The Gulf of Mexico ( es, Golfo de México) is an 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 the United ...

* ''Mississippi River'' ** ''Ohio River (KY, WV)'' *** ''Tennessee River (KY, TN)'' **** Hiwassee River ***** Nottely River *****
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 ...
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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, into North Carolina, and then into Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. It drains portions of three national ...
***** Tellico River ***** Cheoah River ***** Tuckasegee River ****** Oconaluftee River ***** Nantahala River *****
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 ...
****** Cane River ******
North Toe River The North Toe River is the headwaters of the Nolichucky River and a tributary in the French Broad River basin. From its source at Sugar Gap, between Bald Mountain and Sugar Mountain, it flows westerly through Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey co ...
******* South Toe River ***** 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 ...
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Mills River The Mills River is located in Transylvania and Henderson counties, North Carolina, United States is a tributary of the French Broad River. The river flows out of the Pisgah Ranger District of the Pisgah National Forest in two forks: the North ...
***** Little River *****
Davidson River Davidson may refer to: * Davidson (name) * Clan Davidson, a Highland Scottish clan * Davidson Media Group * Davidson Seamount, undersea mountain southwest of Monterey, California, USA * Tyler Davidson Fountain, monument in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA * ...
***** Ivy River (Creek) **** ''Holston River (TN)'' ***** ''South Fork Holston River (TN)'' ****** Watauga River ******* Elk River *** ''Kanawha River (WV)'' **** New River ***** Little River *****
North Fork New River The North Fork New River is a river in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It rises in Northern Watauga County, and flows northeast to Ashe County Ashe County is a county located in the United States state of North Carolina. As of the 202 ...
***** South Fork New River


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* Adams Creek *
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 ...
* Alligator River *
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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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) * Black River *
Black Run Creek Black Run Creek is a long first order tributary to Dutch Buffalo Creek in Cabarrus County, North Carolina Cabarrus County ( )
* Black Jack Branch (Brown Creek tributary) * Blackwell Branch *
Bluewing Creek Bluewing Creek is a long 3rd order tributary to the 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 ...
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Bowes Branch Bowes Branch is a long 2nd order tributary to the 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 a ...
* 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 ...
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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 Cad ...
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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 ...
* Cane River * Canebreak Branch *
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 Caro ...
* Carolina Creek * Cashie River * Castle Creek *
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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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 ...
* Cheoah River *
Chowan River The Chowan River (cho-WAHHN)
, from the North Carolina Collection's website at the Clarks 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 ...
* Cold Water Creek * Coleman River *
Coneys Creek Coneys Creek is a long 1st order tributary to Hyco Creek in Caswell County, North Carolina Caswell County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is located in the Piedmont Triad region of the state. At the 2020 census, the pop ...
* Cool Spring Branch * Cub Creek *
Cullasaja River The Cullasaja River ()
, from the North Carolina Collection's website at the
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 i ...
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Davidson River Davidson may refer to: * Davidson (name) * Clan Davidson, a Highland Scottish clan * Davidson Media Group * Davidson Seamount, undersea mountain southwest of Monterey, California, USA * Tyler Davidson Fountain, monument in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA * ...
* Deep River * Doby Creek * Double Creek * Elk River * Eno River *
First Broad River The First Broad River is a tributary of the Broad River, about 60 mi (95 km) long Fisher River *
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 ...
* Great Pee Dee River *
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 ...
* Gold Branch * Gourdvine Creek * Great Coharie Creek * Green River * Haw River * Henry Fork * Hoods Creek *
Hungry River The Hungry River flows in western North Carolina, United States. It arises in eastern Henderson County and flows southwesterly, its entire course within Henderson County, before it empties into the Green River. In 1904, the first hydroelectr ...
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Hyco Creek Hyco Creek is a long 3rd order tributary to the Hyco River in Person County, North Carolina. Hyco Creek joins the Hyco River within Hyco Lake. Hyco Creek forms the Hyco River along with South Hyco Creek. Variant names According to the Geogra ...
* Hyco River *
Irish Buffalo Creek Irish Buffalo Creek is a long 4th order tributary to the Rocky River in Cabarrus County, North Carolina Cabarrus County ( )
* Jacob Fork *
Jennie Wolf Creek Jennie Wolf Creek is a long 2nd order tributary to Dutch Buffalo 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 a ...
* 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 ...
* Kilgore Creek * Lacey Branch * Lick Branch * Lick Branch (Lanes Creek tributary) *
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 ...
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Little Buffalo Creek Little Buffalo Creek is a tributary of Buffalo Creek in Union County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through White Deer Township and Kelly Township. The watershed of the creek has an area of . The creek i ...
* Little Coharie Creek * Little Duck 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 ...
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Little Hungry 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 ...
* Little Meadow Creek *
Little River (Albemarle Sound) 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 (Cape Fear River tributary) *
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 Sou ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
* Little River (Jacob Fork) *
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 Tennessee River The Little Tennessee River is a tributary of the Tennessee River that flows through the Blue Ridge Mountains from Georgia, into North Carolina, and then into Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. It drains portions of three national ...
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Little Uwharrie 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 ...
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Lockwood Folly River Lockwood Folly River or Lockwood's Folly River is a short tidal river in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. Waters from the Green Swamp drain into the river near Supply and flow southward to empty into the Atlantic Intracoastal W ...
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Lower Little River Lower may refer to: * Lower (surname) *Lower Township, New Jersey *Lower Receiver (firearms) * Lower Wick Gloucestershire, England See also *Nizhny Nizhny (russian: Ни́жний; masculine), Nizhnyaya (; feminine), or Nizhneye (russian: Ни ...
* Lumber River *
Lynch Creek Lynch Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 9, 2011 stream in Sonoma County, California, United States which discharges into the Petaluma River. Course Lynch ...
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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 ...
* Mallard Creek * Mayo River *
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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Middle Little River Middle or The Middle may refer to: * Centre (geometry), the point equally distant from the outer limits. Places * Middle (sheading), a subdivision of the Isle of Man * Middle Bay (disambiguation) * Middle Brook (disambiguation) * Middle Creek ( ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Mills River The Mills River is located in Transylvania and Henderson counties, North Carolina, United States is a tributary of the French Broad River. The river flows out of the Pisgah Ranger District of the Pisgah National Forest in two forks: the North ...
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Mill Run (Trent River tributary) Mill Run is a long 2nd order tributary to the 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 Trent River about 1 mile southe ...
* Mitchell River * Nantahala River * Negro Creek *
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 ...
* New Hope River * New River – western North Carolina * New River – southeastern North Carolina *
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 ...
* Norkett Branch *
North Toe River The North Toe River is the headwaters of the Nolichucky River and a tributary in the French Broad River basin. From its source at Sugar Gap, between Bald Mountain and Sugar Mountain, it flows westerly through Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey co ...
* Nottely River * 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 County ...
* North 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 * N ...
* Pamlico River * Panther Branch * Pasquotank River *
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 ...
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Perquimans River The Perquimans River is a coastal waterway in Northeastern North Carolina in the United States. Located entirely within Perquimans County, North Carolina, Perquimans County, the river drains directly to the Albemarle Sound between Durant's Neck o ...
* Pigeon River * Powells 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 R ...
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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 r ...
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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 Hyco Lake is a reservoir in Person and Caswell counties, North Carolina. It is the area's main destination ...
* Richland Creek *
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 ...
including Staunton River * Roaring River *
Rocky River Rocky River may refer to: Localities * Rocky River, Ohio, USA * Rocky River, New South Wales near Uralla, Australia Electorates *Electoral district of Rocky River (South Australia) Streams In Australia: * Rocky River (New South Wales) * ...
* 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 waters ...
* Shallotte River * Six Run Creek *
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. ...
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South Hyco Creek South Hyco Creek is a long 4th order tributary to the Hyco River in Person County, North Carolina. South Hyco Creek joins the Hyco River within Hyco Lake. South Hyco Creek forms the Hyco River along with Hyco Creek. Variant names According to ...
* 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 ...
* South Toe River *
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 cit ...
* Stegall Branch * Stony Creek * Storys Creek * Sugartree Creek *
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 ...
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Tar River The Tar River is a river that is approximately long, in northeast North Carolina flowing generally southeast to an estuary of Pamlico Sound. The Tar River becomes the tidal Pamlico River once it underpasses the U.S. Highway 17 Bridge in Wash ...
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Toby Creek Toby Creek (also known as Toby's Creek) is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through Dallas Township, Dallas, Kingston Township, Courtdale, Luze ...
* Trent River * Tuckasegee River * Upper Little River * Uwharrie 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 ...
* Watauga River * Water Branch *
Waxhaw Branch Waxhaw Branch is a long 2nd order tributary to Lanes Creek in Union County, North Carolina Union County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 238,267. Its county seat is Monro ...
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White Oak River The White Oak River is a blackwater river, close to 48 mi (77 km) long, on the coastal plain of southeast North Carolina in the United States. It empties in the Atlantic Ocean. Course It rises in the White Oak Pocosin in northern Onslo ...
* Whitewater River * Wicker Branch * Wide Mouth Branch * Wilson Creek *
Wiccacon River This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of North Carolina. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries alphabetically indented under each larger stream's name. Atlantic Ocean * North Landing Rive ...
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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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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, p ...


See also

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List of rivers in the United States The following list is a list of rivers of the United States. Alphabetical listing ''Listings of the rivers in the United States by letter of the alphabet:'' A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - ...


References


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


External links


North Carolina Streamflow Data from the USGS
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North Carolina North Carolina () is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 28th largest and List of states and territories of the United ...
Rivers A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...