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Lake Norman is a man-made fresh water lake in southwest North Carolina.The largest lake in the state, it was created between 1959 and 1964 [1] as part of the construction of the Cowans Ford Dam by Duke Energy.
The campus serves East Carolina University, UNC Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, UNC Wilmington and Elizabeth City State University. [ 1 ] UNC-CSI is a 52,000-square-foot (4,800 m 2 ) research facility, on a 200-acre (81-hectare) site along the Croatan Sound on the Outer Banks near the town of Manteo .
This is usually the last feature of an athletics complex required for training and competition in the full program of Olympic swimming and diving. In the United States, a 10-meter platform is required for full NCAA competition, [ 1 ] although two schools may hold a dual NCAA meet at a facility lacking one if both schools agree.
Albemarle Sound (/ ˈ æ l b ə ˌ m ɑː r l /) is a large estuary on the coast of North Carolina in the United States located at the confluence of a group of rivers, including the Chowan and Roanoke.
The Core Sound is a sound in eastern North Carolina located between the mainland of Carteret County and Core Banks, part of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It lies between the large Pamlico Sound to the northeast and the smaller Back Sound to the west. Several shifting inlets connect the sound to the Atlantic Ocean.
North Carolina was originally a naval stores colony—that is, the blanket of longleaf pines that covered the coastal plain was used by the British Navy for ships' masts and the pine pitch was used to manufacture tar caulking for vessels. The river derives its name from its historic use as a major route for tar-laden barges as they headed to ...
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The Broad River originates in the Blue Ridge Mountains of eastern Buncombe County, North Carolina [3] and flows generally south-southeastwardly, through or along the boundaries of Rutherford, Polk and Cleveland Counties in North Carolina; [4] and Cherokee, York, Union, Chester, Fairfield, Newberry and Richland Counties in South Carolina. [2]