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The Giant's Causeway (Irish: Clochán an Aifir) [1] is an area of approximately 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption. [3] [4] It is located in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of Bushmills.
Basalt columns seen on Porto Santo Island, Portugal. Columnar jointing of volcanic rocks exists in many places on Earth. Perhaps the most famous basalt lava flow in the world is the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland, in which the vertical joints form polygonal columns and give the impression of having been artificially constructed.
The North River is a tidal river, approximately 18 miles (29 km) long, in eastern North Carolina, the United States. It forms the boundary between Currituck and Camden counties. The river rises in the Great Swamp , 10 miles east of Elizabeth City, North Carolina at the juncture of Indiantown Creek .
Little River (Horry County, South Carolina) Little River (Jacob Fork) Little River (Neuse River tributary) Little River (North Carolina-Virginia) Little River (Pee Dee River tributary) Little River (Roanoke River tributary) Little Tennessee River; Little Uwharrie River; Lockwood Folly River; Lower Little River; Lumber River; Lynch Creek ...
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. The New River is one of the oldest rivers in the United States.
The Deep River is formed at the confluence of the East and West Fork in High Point, North Carolina and flows southeast and east to join the Haw River to form the Cape Fear River near Moncure, North Carolina. Rocky Branch, left bank: 5.02 square miles (13.0 km 2) 6.19 cu ft/s (0.175 m 3 /s) 4.98 mi (8.01 km)
The East Fork Chattooga River (sometimes East Prong Chattooga River) runs in from Jackson County, North Carolina and then Oconee County, South Carolina, and is 7.4 miles (11.9 km) long. [1] The West Fork Chattooga River (variant name Gumekoloke Creek ) runs 6.0 miles (9.7 km) [ 1 ] in from Rabun County, Georgia, and is also a variant name for ...
The Swannanoa River flows through the Swannanoa Valley of the region of Western North Carolina, and is a major tributary to the French Broad River. Its headwaters arise in Black Mountain, North Carolina ; however, it also has a major tributary near its headwaters: Flat Creek, which begins on the slopes of Mount Mitchell .