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The reservoir at that time had the ability to contain 800 million US gallons (3,000,000 m 3) of water. In 1999, a new dam was constructed downstream from the older dam creating the new Buckhorn Reservoir which covers an area of 2,300 acres (9.3 km 2 ) and has a capacity of 7 billion US gallons (26,000,000 m 3 ) when fully filled.
North Fork Reservoir is a freshwater reservoir in Black Mountain, North Carolina, [1] near Swannanoa. It was created by damming the north fork of the Swannanoa River [ 2 ] to provide a source of water for Asheville, North Carolina . [ 3 ]
A water resource region is the first level of classification used by the United States Geological Survey to divide and sub-divide the United States into successively smaller hydrologic units as part of the U.S. hydrologic unit system.
Lake Julian (North Carolina) Lake Kristi; Lake Louise (Roaring Gap, North Carolina) Lake Orange; Lake Summit, North Carolina; Little River Reservoir (North Carolina) Lake Lure (North Carolina) Lake Lynn (Cabarrus County, North Carolina) Lake Lynn (Raleigh, North Carolina)
Bodies of water of North Carolina (11 C, 3 P) D. Dams in North Carolina (1 C, 24 P) F. Fountains in North Carolina (1 P) R. Reservoirs in North Carolina (57 P) S.
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.
Bodies of water of Wake County, North Carolina (1 C, 5 P) Bodies of water of Warren County, North Carolina (1 C, ...
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.