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The Neuse River (/ n uː s / NOOSE, Tuscarora: Neyuherú·kęʔkì·nęʔ [1]) is a river rising in the Piedmont of North Carolina and emptying into Pamlico Sound below New Bern. Its total length is approximately 275 miles (443 km), [ 2 ] making it the longest river entirely contained in North Carolina .
Falls Lake is a 12,410 acre (50 km 2) reservoir located in Durham, Wake, and Granville counties in North Carolina, United States.It extends 28 miles (45 km) up the Neuse River to its source at the confluence of the Eno, Little, and Flat rivers, and has a shoreline of 175 miles (280 km).
With over 3,000 sq. mi. (7,800 km 2) of open water [3] the combined estuary is second only in size to 4,479 sq mi (11,600 km 2) Chesapeake Bay in the United States. The Pamlico Sound is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Outer Banks , a row of low, sandy barrier islands that include Cape Hatteras National Seashore , Cape Lookout National ...
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The river's watershed occupies most of Orange and Durham counties. The Eno converges with the Flat and Little Rivers to form the Neuse at Falls Lake, which straddles Durham and Wake counties. The Eno is notable for its beauty and water quality, which has been preserved through aggressive citizen efforts. Though barely more than forty miles from ...
The agency has been receiving reports about a fish kill around New Bern for weeks. High temperatures and a lack of rain could be hurting.
Fed principally by the Flat River, Lake Michie is the primary reservoir for the city of Durham. The reservoir dam was completed in 1926. [1] In addition to retaining drinking water for the city, the concrete and earthwork dam, built between 1924 and 1926, supplied hydroelectric power to Durham until 1960, when the generators were removed. [2]
Emergency crews from multiple local agencies searched the Neuse River for a possible drowning victim around 4 p.m. Saturday. At 8:50 p.m. the body of a man was found.