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While large, natural lakes are rare in North Carolina, excepting the Carolina bays in the eastern part of the state, there are many large reservoirs along the major river systems of the state. Among these are Lake James and Lake Norman on the Catawba River , Falls Lake on the Neuse River , Jordan Lake on the Haw River , as well as Gaston and ...
Cross section showing the water table varying with surface topography as well as a perched water table Cross-section of a hillslope depicting the vadose zone, capillary fringe, water table, and the phreatic or saturated zone. (Source: United States Geological Survey.) The water table is the upper surface of the zone of saturation.
Cold Water Creek; Back Creek; Mallard Creek. ... New River – southeastern North Carolina; Nolichucky River; ... USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – State of North Carolina ...
The U.S. Drought Monitor shows that about half of North Carolina is in moderate to severe drought, with only parts or all of about a dozen of 100 counties having received normal rainfall for the year.
Harlands Creek, a 3rd order tributary, rises about 1.5 miles west of Gum Springs, North Carolina on the Dry Creek divide. Harlands Creek then takes a southerly course to meet the Rocky River about 5 miles southwest of Pittsboro, North Carolina. Landrum Creek, left bank: 17.51 square miles (45.4 km 2) 21.19 cu ft/s (0.600 m 3 /s) 8.64 mi (13.90 km)
The Black River is a tributary of the Cape Fear River, approximately 50 mi (80 km) long, in southeastern North Carolina in the United States.. It is formed in southern Sampson County, approximately 15 mi. (24 km) south of Clinton, by confluence of two creeks: Great Coharie Creek and Six Runs Creek.
The Tidewater Region is the slim section of land along the coast of North Carolina near the Atlantic ocean. All the beaches of North Carolina are located here. There are also capes, (projections of land into water) on the coast of North Carolina. Lighthouses, normally found on a cape, reduce incidents of a collision between ships and the coast.
The Green has numerous tributaries, but much of its water flows from a confluence with Big Hungry Creek. The Green River is itself a tributary of the Broad River. The river is dammed to form Lake Summit, in Tuxedo, North Carolina, and Lake Adger near Mill Spring, NC. The Green River is named for its deep green color but runs brown after heavy ...