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The rivers of central North Carolina rise on the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge. The two largest of these are the Catawba River and the Yadkin River, and they drain much of the Piedmont region of the state. The major rivers of Eastern North Carolina, from north to south, are: the Chowan, the Roanoke, the Tar, the Neuse and the Cape Fear.
Google Earth is a web and computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery.The program maps the Earth by superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and GIS data onto a 3D globe, allowing users to see cities and landscapes from various angles.
Sergeant Chris D. Washington checking his Topographic map during a morning deer hunt in Kilgore, Texas A topographic map of Stowe, Vermont with contour lines Part of the same map in a perspective shaded relief view illustrating how the contour lines follow the terrain Sheet #535 (2013 version; second digital edition) of MTN50 Spanish National Topographic map series, covering Algete town (near ...
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Mount Mitchell (Attakulla in Cherokee) [3] is the highest peak of the Appalachian Mountains and the highest peak in mainland North America east of the Mississippi River.It is located near Burnsville in Yancey County, North Carolina in the Black Mountain subrange of the Appalachians about 19 miles (31 km) northeast of Asheville.
The same process can be done on a computer, sketching the watershed boundary (with a mouse or stylus) over a digital copy of a topographic map. [1] This is referred to as "heads up digitizing" or "on-screen digitizing." [2] Example of an idealized watershed boundary, drawn on a topographic map with elevation contours.
The height of the falls is given as 200 feet (61 m) in Kevin Adams' book, North Carolina Waterfalls [21] and 250 feet (76 m) by NCWaterfalls.com. [22] However, Google Earth gives a height (based on the elevation of the water at the top of the falls and the elevation of the plunge pool at the bottom of the falls) of 137 feet (42 m).
St. Augustine's University (North Carolina) St. John's Episcopal Church (Fayetteville, North Carolina) Stagville; USS Monitor; USS North Carolina (BB-55) University of North Carolina at Pembroke; West Point on the Eno; William B. Umstead State Park; Wilmington National Cemetery; Wood Lawn (Mount Mourne, North Carolina) World War Memorial Stadium