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The river, named for the Cape itself, is formed where the Haw and Deep rivers join together in Moncure, North Carolina. Along with its tributaries, it forms an area called the Cape Fear watershed ...
Cape Fear is a coastal plain and Tidewater region of North Carolina centered about the city of Wilmington. [2] The region takes its name from the adjacent Cape Fear headland , as does the Cape Fear River which flows through the region and empties into the Atlantic Ocean near the cape.
Cape Fear, on the coast of North Carolina Cape Fear in a NASA satellite photo, showing the estuary of the Cape Fear River. Cape Fear is a prominent headland jutting into the Atlantic Ocean from Bald Head Island on the coast of North Carolina in the southeastern United States. It is largely formed of barrier beaches and the silty outwash of the ...
Harrison Creek then flows south into Bladen County to join the Cape Fear River about 1.5 miles south of Burney, North Carolina. [2] The course of Harrison Creek is hard to determine in swamps and with channelization of the stream.
The Cape Fear River is a 191.08-mile-long (307.51 km) [5] blackwater river in east-central North Carolina. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Cape Fear , from which it takes its name. The river is formed at the confluence of the Haw River and the Deep River (North Carolina) in the town of Moncure, North Carolina .
Cape Fear Township, population 1,323, is one of thirteen townships in Chatham County, North Carolina. Cape Fear Township is 54.26 square miles (140.5 km 2) [2] in size and located in southeast Chatham County. Cape Fear Township does not contain any municipalities within it, but does contain Moncure, a census designated place.
North Carolina: County: Chatham County: Physical characteristics; Source: Buckhorn Creek divide • location: about 2 miles north of Corinth, North Carolina • coordinates: 1] • elevation: 248 ft (76 m) [2] Mouth: Cape Fear River
Though many say North Carolina is home to seven lighthouses, there are actually eight of them: Old Baldy, Bodie Island, Cape Hatteras, Cape Lookout, Currituck Beach, Ocracoke, Oak Island, and ...