Students researched river basins in NC and created powerpoints on their basin.

1. CAPE FEAR RIVER
Billy D. Moore Jr

2. LOCATION IN NORTH CAROLINA
• PIEDMONT

3. Main river and smaller tributaries
• The cape fear river and its tributaries were
important pathways for early commerce
through the historic ports of brunswick.

4. TOTAL MILES OF STREAMS AND RIVER
• 6,584

5. Square miles of river basin
• 9,164 square miles of the river basin

6. Name several countries or cities that
gets water from this basin
• Charlestown and Wilmington and Fayetteville

7. HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUT THE RIVER
BASIN
• THERE WAS HISTORICAL STEAM BOAT
• BERRALS OF NAVAL STORIES LINE THE DOCK
AT EAGLE ISLAND, WITH WILMINGTON
WATERFRONT IN BACKGROUND.

8. PLANT OR ANIMALS THAT MAY BE
FOUND THERE.
• THE CAPE FEAR SHINER IS A SMALL
ENDANGERED FISH THAT LIVES THERE.

9. Other facts about the cape fear basin
• There is nothin else really but people comes
and fish and likes to look at the fields and
river..

10. Broad River
By: Jacob Merchant

11. Location
• Piedmont region

12. Total miles of streams and rivers
• The total miles of the Broad River is
1,513miles

13. Square miles
• The total square miles of the river is 1,514
miles.

14. Counties
• Some counties involved in the Broad River
are Cleveland, Rutherford, and Cherokee
county.

15. Other Facts
• The famous Chimney Rock is near the
river.
• Also they have another famous spot
called the Honey Nut Gorge.

16. Plants and Animals
• Some animals that can be found here are:
• Snakes
• Fish
• Bears
• Squirrels
• Wolfs/coyotes
• Flowers
• Lilipads

17. Historical Facts
• Known as South Carolina’s scenic river

18. Supporting Rivers
• Green River
• 1st Broad River
• 2nd Broad River
• Buffalo Creek
• Britten Creek

19. Broad River Basin
Ricky Zheng

20. Location in NC
• It starts in the mountains and flows through
the piedmonts.

21. Main River
• The main river is the Broad River.
• Main tributaries are the Green, First Broad,
Second Broad and the North Pacolet rivers.
• There are also four main man-made lakes,
Lake Lure, Lake Adger, and Kings Mountain
Reservoir, also called Moss Lake.

22. Total miles of streams and rivers
• 1,513 of streams and rivers

23. Square miles of river basin
• The size of the river basin is 1,514 square
miles.

24. Counties and/or cities
• Cities • Counties
• Rutherfordton • Cleveland
• Spindale • Polk
• Gilkey
• Columbus
• Tryon

25. Plants and Animals
• Animals • Plants
• Bog Turtle • White Irisette
• Green Salamander • Darwf – flowered
• Broad River Stream heartleaf
Crayfish
• Crevice salamander

26. Facts
• A battle scenes filmed for the 1992 movie
“Last of the Mohicans” was filmed at the 404-
foot Hickory Nut Falls on the Broad River.
• Lake Lure built in 1926 for electricity.

27. Broad
By: Sydnee Radford 

28. Location
The Broad River basin is in the
mountain area of North Carolina.

29. Main River
The Broad River basin’s main river is of
course the Broad River. Duh!
Tributaries are Green River, Second Broad,
and First Broad.

30. Total Miles of Streams and Rivers
The total miles of streams and
rivers is 1,513 miles.

31. Square Miles of River Basin
The square miles of river basin in
Broad River Basin is 1,514 square
miles.

32. Counties That Get Water From The
Basin
McDowell, Polk, Henderson,
Rutherford, Buncombe,
Cleveland
Cities That get Water From the
Basin
Forest City, Kings Mountain,
Chimney Rock Village, Lake Lure,
Rutherfordton, Shelby, and
Spindale.

33. Historical Facts
The Broad River Basin contains more than
100,000 acres of public and private
lands with rare animals, plants and
natural communities.
The Green Salamander, a state-listed
endangered species, Mole Salamander,
Blue Ridge Gray- cheek Salamander, and
South Mountain Gray-cheek Salamander
are among the basin’s rare residents.

34. Plants and/ or Animals That
are Found Here
Cave dwelling bats
Different types of salamanders
The White Irisette (a very rare plant)

35. Other Facts
• A movie called “The Last of the
Mohicans” was filmed at the 404
foot Hickory Nut Falls.
• There is an incredible diversity of
floral and fauna within the basin

36. Cape fear Basin
By Dawson Adams
12-14-12

37. Location and Tributaries
• The Piedmont to coast.
• Major tributaries is the black river, northeast
cape fear river.
• Total miles of streams and rivers is 6,584 miles
• Square miles of river basin is 9,164 square
miles
• The Durham-Fayetteville and Wilmington is
the cities that get water from this basin.

38. Facts and Plants
• Hundreds of turpentine distilleries once
dotted the historically vast long leaf pine
forests of the region.
• There are at least 95 commercial and
recreation fish. The cape fear shiner has been
found nowhere in the world except the cape
fear basin.
• The basin contain 1/5 of the states
population. The basin contains 33 Reservoirs.

39. Cape Fear Rivera
By: Riqurah Rivera(:

40. Location ?
• In The Coast Central North Carolina In
The United States .

41. Main River & Smaller Tributaries ,
Creeks , Etc .
• Amanzimtoti River
• Apies River
• Assegaai River
• Bell River
• Bhira River
• Bonte River
• Buffels River

42. Total Miles Of Streams & Rivers ?
• 6,204 miles

43. Square Miles Of River Basin ?
• 9,324 Miles

44. Name Several Counties And Cities
That Get Water From Cape Fear ?
• Cities : Wilmington and Greensboro
• Counties : 2 ,Duplin and Sampson

45. Historical Facts About Cape Fear
River!
• Cape Fear River Is a 202 miles
(325 km) long .
• It flows into the Atlantic Ocean .
• In October 1662, the English explorer,
William Hilton, Jr made a three-week
reconnaissance of the lower reaches
of the Cape Fear River.

46. Plants Animals That May Be Found
Here ?
Animals
The Piedmont Azalea
Virginia Creeper
Sea Beach Amaranth
Animals .
The Red-Cockaded
Woodpecker
Southeast Bald Eagle
short nose sturgeon

47. Other Facts About Cape Fear River.
• The Largest River In North Carolina
• The Basin Covers Both Piedmont &
Coastal .
• The river moves south and is joined by
several streams and rivers that then flow
into the Atlantic Ocean.
• The basin is located by several urban and
industrialized cities, which include
Wilmington, Greensboro, Fayetteville, and
Fort Bragg Military base.

48. Cassie Chapman
Name: Little Tennessee
Location in NC: Mountains
Main river: Tennessee River
Water connecting to the
main river: Nantahala
river, Tuckasegee river,
Little Fontana lake, and
Santeetlah lake
Total miles of streams and

49. Cities and counties that get water from
the river: Bryson City, Robbinsville
Historical Facts: The Little Tennessee
River supports the richest aquatic
species assemblage remaining in the
Blue Ridge Mountains.
Plants and animals: Flying Squirrel,
Hellbender, and Junaluska salamander
Other facts: The Little Tennessee River
Basin contains famed trout streams.
The world-renowned Great Smoky
Mountains National Park, a staggering
diversity of aquatic wildlife and
sparkling, clear rivers that squeeze
through forested picture perfect
gorges.

50. Hiwassee River
By: Kaitlyn Moss

51. Hiwassee River Basin
location, and main river
The location of the Hiwassee river is
Peachtree mound near present day
Murphy. The main river is the Hiawassee
river basin River. The major tributaries of
this river is Nottely and the valley river.
The major lakes that feed into this river
basin is Apalachia, Hiwassee, and
Chatuge.

52. Hiwassee River Basin
total miles, square miles
The total amount of total miles of this river
basin is 938 miles. The total amount of
square miles of this river basin is 644
square miles.

53. Hiwassee River Basin
information and history
The counties of cities that this river basin
gets its water from is the Tennessee
Valley authority. Historical facts about the
Hiwassee River Basin is that the location
is considered one of the most important
ancestral Cherokee sites and may
represent the early village of Guasili. The
origins of this river basin lie in the
mountains of northern Georgia.

54. Hiwassee River Basin
plants and animals, and facts
Plants and animals that can be found on the
Hiwassee River Basin, are a variety. On the
Hiwassee River Basin most of the animals are
rare and endangered, or there either threatened.
One of the animals on this river basin is Christy’s
elimia a freshwater snail, sickle fin red horse,
hellbender (salamander). The plants that are
around the Hiwassee river basin are a lot. One
third of the river basins land is covered with
forest and farmers plant crops or plants by
sowing seeds without tilling which reduces
runoff.

55. Little Tennessee River Basin
By: Destiny Roberts

56. Little Tennessee River Basin
• Located in the piedmont
• Size: 1,797 square miles
• 2,501 miles of streams and rivers

57. Little Tennessee River Basin
• Main river- Little Tennessee River
• Tributaries: Cullasaja, Nantahala, Tuckasegee,
Cheoga

58. Little Tennessee River Basin
• Counties that get water from the basin
include: Franklin, Syla, Cherokee, and Macon
county

59. Animals
• Animals- river otter, elk, Junaluska
salamander, Appalachian elktoe, littlewing
pearlymussel, The Carolina northern flying
squirrel

60. Facts
• Some of the animals located there are
endangered
• Part of the Great Smoky Mountains national
park is located there
• The greatest diversity of amphibians in North
America
• 30 species of salamanders, 12 species of toads
and frogs

61. PASQUOTANK RIVER
BASIN
By William Quinn

62. Name and Location
• Location in NC is on the coast
• it con tains other major rivers, including the
Alligator, Perquimans, Little,Yeopim, Scupper
nong and North rivers. All of these rivers empty
into Albemarle, Currituck,Roanoke or Croatan
sounds.
• Total miles of streams and rivers: 2,000 miles
• Size: 3,366 square miles

63. Several Counties that get water
from
• Elizabeth City and Camden

64. Historical Facts
• Thirty canoes have been found to date—
the longest one 37 feet and the oldest
4,390 years old
• Some rare kinds of sea turtles like the
Loggerhead and Green sea turtle can be
found here
• The basin is 41% water
• contains more national wildlife refuges
than any other and has the fewest people

65. Broad River Basin
The Broad River Basin
By: Michael
Cogdell

66. LOCATION
• The Broad river basin originated in the
mountains and ends in the piedmont.
Main river and smaller creeks, creeks
Some of the major tributaries and smaller creeks are
The Green, First, Second Broad and North Pacolet
rivers.

67. Total miles of streams/rivers
• Total miles of streams and lakes=1,513
Square miles of basin
Square miles of river basin=1,514

68. Name several countries and or cities that
Rutherfordton
get water from the basin
• Kings mountain, Chimney Rock Village, Lake
lure, Rutherfordton, Shelby and Spindale
Historical facts
The basin contains more than 100,000 acres of
private or public land. Also in that 100,00
acres rare animals roam

69. Plants and animals
• There are over 100 rare plants or animal
species also 24 natural communities.
Other facts
A place there is called bat cave
was formed from splitting rocks

70. Pictures

71. River Basin
By: Aniaya Wilson

72. The BROAD RIVER
The Broad River Is Located in the
southwest portion of the state.

73. The Broad River
The Broad River is in the Mountains

74. The Broad River
150miles (241KM) wow that a pretty long river.

75. The Broad River
The Broad River is 1,513 square miles
and 1,495for the size of it

76. South Carolina Blacksburg The
United Staes

77. The Broad River
In modern Times the French Broad
River is fondly known as Premiere
recreation spot with thriving
wildlife and unconformable.

78. The Broad River
Sound rounded by Forest and it has
Waterfalls and a Bog Turtles and
dwelling Indiana Bat.

79. Catawba
By Blair Postell

80. L o c a t i o n , Tr i b u t a r i e s, a n d m i l e s
o f s t r e a m s a n d r ive r s
 The Catawba river is located in the mountains of North Carolina
 The main river in the Catawba river basin is the Catawba river.
 the large tributaries are the John’s, South Fork Catawba, Henry
Fork, and Jacob Fork Rivers.
 The streams and rivers are 9,389 miles long.

81. Size, counties, & plants/ animals
 3,285 square miles
 The Catawba river basin runs through the counties of Burke,
Catawba, Gaston, and McDowell
 There is a globally rare dragonfly called Edmund’s Snaketail, is
only know in two locations Upper and Wilson Creeks in Burke
 In the Linville river you can find the Grandfather Mountain
Catfish

82. Historical and Other Facts
 The Catawba River provided clay for the Indians which allowed them to
become master potters. They are know for there aboriginal pottery, which is
displayed din the Smithsonian Institute.
 The Catawba River basin is a land of lakes, Lake Norman is the largest
man made lake in North Carolina at 32,000 acres. It is often called North
Carolinas “inland sea”
 Charlotte contains almost half of the catwaba river basins populatin, more
than 730,00 people
,

83. SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN
Carrigan Leatherman

84.  FACTS 
This is the Savannah River Basin.
It is located in the mountain
region. This river basin is not
named for a major river. The
rivers that feed into it are
Chattooga, Horsepasture,
Toxaway, Whitewater and
Thompson. This river basin goes
through South Carolina and
Georgia. It is 198 miles and it is
171 square miles. Macon, Clay,

85. PLANTS AND ANIMALS. 
Plants that are from the tropics thrive
here. Rare Ferns and Mosses will
appear around waterfall surroundings
including the spray from the water. It
is mostly maintained by the state to
maintain their exceptional water
quality. The Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
can be found here and it is a big
threat. Peregrine Falcons can be
found during the spring and summer.
At night you may see the

86. HELPING OUT!! 
Property owners will help
prevent so much erosion
by planting shrubs, trees,
etc. They will plant wide,
long strips at the edge of
the lake so the snow and
rain won’t wash so much
of the sediment into the

87. INTERESTING FACTS!! 
The Savannah River Basin has a very
warm climate and is the only river basin
in the state that is not named for a
major river. It connects to a river called
the “Horsepature River”. That river has
been designated as National Wild and
Scenic Rivers. It’s also the State Nature
and Scenic River.

88. The Tar- Pamlico basin
By: Kevin Webb

89. Tar Pamlico
• The Tar- Pamlico is located in the coastal
part of North Carolina.
• The Tar- Pamlico is the third largest river
in the state of North Carolina, it is a
diverse region with many valuable
wetlands and creatures.

90. Tar- Pamlico
• The major tributaries in the Tar- Pamlico
are in the upper basin and they are swift,
fishing and tranters creeks and cokey
swamps.
• 2,521 is the total miles for the Tar-
Pamlico river
• 6,148 is the total square miles for the Tar-
Pamlico river.

91. Tar- Pamlico
• The countries that get water from the Tar-
Pamlico river are Louisburg, Oxford,
Henderson, Warrenton, Rocky mountains,
Tarboro, Greenville, Washington, Swan
Quarters are the countries that get water
from Tar- Pamlico river.

92. Tar- Pamlico
• There at the basin the animals are blue
crap, spiny mussel, dwarf wedge mussel,
red cockaded woodpecker, and the west
Indian manatee.
• The state’s largest natural lake, matt
musket, likely a product of a gigantic fire
that burned through the organic soil of
peat bogs and left a shallow depression.

93. Tar- Pamlico
• The Tar river and Pamlico river are
actually two ecologically distinct pieces of
the same river.

94. Tar- Pamlico
Pictures of the wild life at Tar- Pamlico river.

95. White Oak River
Basin
By:
Virginia Dellinger

96. Information
The river basin is in the Coastal
plain and has a total of 320 miles of
streams and rivers. It is 1,382 square
mile in “size.” The Core and Bogue
sounds fall in the line with the Whit Oak
River Basin.
Some counties and cities include:
Jacksonville, Richlands, Swansboro,
Belgrade, and Morehead City.

97. More Information… 
You may find lots of plants and
animals in the White Oak River Basin
are the…
American Alligator, Fragrant White
Lilly, Sundew, Venus Fly Trap, Green
Heron “a bird,” Manatee, and Shellfish.
For more than 40 years, the city’s
outdated wastewater treatment plant
dis-charged that treated sewage into
the river and Wilson Bay.

98. Additional Facts… 
The total…
 Acers of estuary are 140,104 miles
 The total miles of Coastline is 129
 Population is 336,210 in 2010
 White Oak River Basin holds 6
counties within it.

99. PICTURES!!!!!