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The Tar River is a river that is approximately 215 miles (346 km) long, in northeast North Carolina flowing generally southeast to an estuary of Pamlico Sound. The Tar River becomes the tidal Pamlico River once it passes under the U.S. Highway 17 Bridge in Washington, North Carolina .
The Pamlico River was a key strategic position during the American Civil War. The river is the site of the sunken Union warship, USS Picket. The U.S. Route 17 Bridge, which connects Washington, North Carolina with nearby Chocowinity, splits the name of the river. That portion heading westward upstream is called the Tar River.
Mississippi River. Ohio River (KY, WV) Tennessee River (KY, TN) Hiwassee River. Nottely River; Valley River; Little Tennessee River. Tellico River; Cheoah River; Tuckasegee River. Oconaluftee River; Nantahala River; Cullasaja River; French Broad River. Nolichucky River. Cane River; North Toe River. South Toe River; Pigeon River; Swannanoa River ...
Tarboro was chartered by British colonists in 1760. Located in a bend of the Tar River, it was an important river port, the head of navigation on the Tar River just east of the fall line of the Piedmont. As early as the 1730s, a small community developed around this natural asset.
Farm River. Lee River; Paradise River (formerly a tributary of the Farm river, course altered by pyroclastic flows) Tar River Valley (destroyed by pyroclastic flows) Hot River; White River (destroyed by pyroclastic flows) Belham River a corruption of Balham, a plantation on the south of the river, previously The River estate. Known as Old Road ...
The Tar River spiny mussel or Tar River spinymussel (Parvaspina steinstansana) is a species of freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. It is endemic to North Carolina in the United States and expected to go extinct without human intervention. Under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, it is an endangered species.
At its confluence with the river Kara-Kulja east of Uzgen, the Kara Darya is formed. [1] The section of the Tar upstream from the mouth of the Terek is called Alaykuu. The Tar has a length of 192 kilometres (119 mi) with a basin area of 4,420 square kilometres (1,710 sq mi). [2] [3] It is fed predominantly by snow and ice meltwater and springs ...
The South Tar River Greenway is a 3.1 miles (5.0 km) greenway located in Greenville, North Carolina.The northwest terminus trailhead is located at the Town Common. The trail goes east and follows the southern bank of the Tar River, then at the confluence of the Tar River and Green Mill Run, turns south and follows the western edge of the tributary.