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The rivers of central North Carolina rise on the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge. The two largest of these are the Catawba River and the Yadkin River, and they drain much of the Piedmont region of the state. The major rivers of Eastern North Carolina, from north to south, are: the Chowan, the Roanoke, the Tar, the Neuse and the Cape Fear.
Primarily from the United States Government Printing Office Style Manual. [1] State names usually signify only parts of each listed state, unless otherwise indicated. Based on the BLM manual's 1973 publication date, and the reference to Clarke's Spheroid of 1866 in section 2-82, coordinates appear to be in the NAD27 datum.
The 20 highest summits of North Carolina with at least 160 feet of topographic prominence; Rank Summit Mountain Range Elevation Prominence Isolation Location; 1 Mount Mitchell [2] [a] Black Mountains: 6,684 ft 2037 m: 6,094 ft 1857 m: 1,189 mi 1,913 km 2
Mount Mitchell (Attakulla in Cherokee) [3] is the highest peak of the Appalachian Mountains and the highest peak in mainland North America east of the Mississippi River.It is located near Burnsville in Yancey County, North Carolina in the Black Mountain subrange of the Appalachians about 19 miles (31 km) northeast of Asheville.
3D Topographical Map of North Carolina Deer in the Eno River as it flows through the Piedmont region of North Carolina Köppen climate types of North Carolina. North Carolina is bordered by South Carolina on the south, Georgia on the southwest, Tennessee on the west, Virginia on the north, and the Atlantic
Frenches Creek Township is one of 15 townships within Bladen County. It is 78.60 square miles (203.6 km 2) [3] in total area, and is located in the southeastern portion of the county.
about 0.5 miles north of Pinkston, North Carolina • coordinates 35°01′37″N 080°04′52″W / 35.02694°N 80.08111°W / 35.02694; -80.08111
The Forney Ridge Trail is an American hiking trail, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park of Swain County, North Carolina.The trail descends from just beneath the highest summit in the national park, Kuwohi, along Forney Ridge and passes through Andrews Bald, at an elevation of 5,920 feet, before terminating at a junction with the Springhouse Branch Trail.