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The Haw River is a tributary of the Cape Fear River, approximately 110 mi (177 km) long, that is entirely contained in north central North Carolina in the United States. It was first documented as the "Hau River" by John Lawson, an English botanist, in his 1709 book "A New Voyage to Carolina."
Haw River is bordered by Burlington to the west, Graham to the south, and Green Level to the north.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.4 km 2), of which 2.8 square miles (7.3 km 2) is land and 0.039 square miles (0.1 km 2), or 1.38%, is water. [4]
Haw River State Park is a 1,485-acre (6.01 km 2) [2] North Carolina state park in Guilford and Rockingham Counties, North Carolina in the United States.As one of the newest state parks in North Carolina, Haw River has limited recreational opportunities.
Great Alamance Creek, also called Big Alamance Creek, is a 37-mile long [4] creek that is a tributary of the Haw River. The creek's headwaters are in Guilford County, but it flows primarily through Alamance County, North Carolina. It is a major source of water for the cities of Burlington and Greensboro through the Lake Mackintosh Reservoir.
Haw River • average: 255.75 cu ft/s (7.242 m 3 /s) at mouth with Haw River [4] Basin features; Progression: Haw River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean: River system: Haw River: Tributaries • left: Beaver Creek Long Branch Squirrel Creek Smith Branch Rocky Branch Katie Branch • right: Moores Creek Brush Creek Horsepen Creek Richland ...
Sutton and the Haw River Assembly measured PFAS levels as high as 33,000 parts per trillion in the river in November 2019. Those have now declined to 519 parts per trillion.
Haw Creek rises in a pond about 0.5 miles southeast of Mebane in Orange County, North Carolina and then flows southwest into Alamance County to the Haw River about 3 miles south of Swepsonville, North Carolina. [2]
The Haw River empties into the southern end of Jordan Lake. Apex and Cary draw their drinking water about six miles northeast, near U.S. 64.