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New River waterfront in Jacksonville, North Carolina. The New River is a 50-mile (80-km) long river in southeastern North Carolina in the United States. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean. The river has been plagued in more recent years by pollution by solid waste.
New River State Park is a North Carolina state park in Ashe County, North Carolina in the United States. Located near Jefferson, North Carolina , it covers 3,323 acres (13.45 km 2 ) [ 2 ] in the protected New River watershed.
In 1975, North Carolina designated a 26.5-mile (42.6 km) segment of the river as "New River State Scenic River", by including it in the state's Natural and Scenic Rivers System. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] The segment was added to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System the following year.
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 Mountains through the eastern and central portions of Watauga County and then Ashe County in northwestern North Carolina, passing through the town of Boone.
New River (eastern North Carolina), which flows into the Atlantic Ocean in southeastern North Carolina; New River (Kanawha River tributary), a tributary of the Ohio River via the Kanawha River, in North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; New River (Oregon), in southwestern Oregon, parallels the Pacific Ocean between Coos Bay and Port Orford
Highlights: Sugarloaf Dune is a 50-foot dune that once served as a navigational marker for river pilots, NC Parks says. The park also has three limesink ponds that each have a unique plant community.
Ivy River (Creek) Holston River (TN) New River drainage basin. South Fork Holston River (TN) Watauga River. Elk River; Kanawha River (WV) New River. Little River; North Fork New River; South Fork New River
The county's main river is the New River, one of the oldest rivers in the world, and one of the few major rivers in the southeastern United States to flow primarily north instead of south, east, or west. 34 creeks and streams flow into the New River in Ashe County.