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The 27.8-mile-long (44.7 km) [1] South Fork Tule River joins the mainstem Tule River at Lake Success. The South Fork Tule River [6] begins at 9,100 feet (2,800 m) on the western side of Slate Mountain's [7] peak. The "Painted Rock" is a cavern under a large boulder with a remarkable set of pictographs along the South Fork Tule River, at 1,608 ...
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.
The Formation of the North Carolina Counties, 1663–1943. Raleigh: State Dept. of Archives and History, 1950. Reprint, Raleigh: Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Dept. of Cultural Resources, 1987. ISBN 0-86526-032-X; Powell, William S. The North Carolina Gazetteer. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1968. Reprint ...
The county is located in far Western North Carolina in the Great Smoky Mountains. It holds more of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park than any other county in North Carolina or Tennessee. The highest point in the county is Kuwohi, elevation 6,643 feet (2,025 m), located on the NC/TN border. Kuwohi is the third-highest peak in North Carolina.
The Broad River is a principal tributary of the Congaree River, about 150 miles (240 km) long, [1] in western North Carolina and northern South Carolina in the United States. Via the Congaree, it is part of the watershed of the Santee River , which flows to the Atlantic Ocean .
It is the fifth-smallest county in North Carolina by total area. Polk County Elevation. The county's largest body of water is Lake Adger, located about 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Columbus. Lake Adger is a reservoir formed by the damming of the Green River, which flows from west to east across the county. The northern extent of the river's ...
The Neuse River (/ n uː s / NOOSE, Tuscarora: Neyuherú·kęʔkì·nęʔ [1]) is a river rising in the Piedmont of North Carolina and emptying into Pamlico Sound below New Bern. Its total length is approximately 275 miles (443 km), [ 2 ] making it the longest river entirely contained in North Carolina .