List of rivers of North Carolina

This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

By drainage basin

This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries alphabetically indented under each larger stream's name.

Atlantic Ocean

Chowan and lower Roanoke drainage basins

• North Landing River
  • Northwest River
• North River
• Pasquotank River
• Little River
• Perquimans River
• Yeopim River
• Chowan River
  • Wiccacon River
  • Meherrin River
  • Blackwater River
  • Nottoway River
• Cashie River
• Roanoke River
  • Dan River
    • Hyco River
    • Smith River
    • Mayo River
    • Little Dan River
• Scuppernong River
• Alligator River
• Long Shoal River

Pamlico and Neuse drainage basins

• Pamlico River
  • Pungo River
  • Tar River
    • Fishing Creek
• Neuse River
  • South River
  • Trent River
  • Contentnea Creek
  • Little River
  • Walnut Creek
  • Crabtree Creek
    • Marsh Creek
    • Bridges Branch
    • Pigeon House Branch
    • Big Branch
    • Beaverdam Creek
    • Mine Creek
    • House Creek
    • Hare Snipe Creek
    • Richland Creek
    • Sycamore Creek
    • Reedy Creek
    • Haleys Branch
    • Stirrup Iron Creek
    • Coles Branch
    • Turkey Creek
  • Ellerbe Creek
  • Eno River
    • Little River
  • Flat River
• North River
• Newport River
• White Oak River
• New River

Cape Fear River

• Cape Fear River
  • Elizabeth River
  • Brunswick River
  • Northeast Cape Fear River
  • Black River
    • South River
      • Black River
    • Great Coharie Creek
      • Little Coharie Creek
    • Six Runs Creek
  • Little River
  • Upper Little River
  • Deep River
    • Rocky River
  • Haw River
    • Shaddox Creek
    • New Hope River (submerged)
      • New Hope Creek
    • Stinking Creek
    • Roberson Creek
    • Pokeberry Creek
    • Brooks Creek
    • Wilkinson Creek
    • Dry Creek
    • Terrells Creek (Left Bank)
    • Terrells Creek (Right Bank)
    • Collins Creek
    • Big Branch
    • Cane Creek (Right Bank)
    • Cane Creek (Left Bank)
    • Marys Creek
    • Motes Creek
    • Meadow Creek
    • Varnals Creek
    • Haw Creek
    • Big Alamance Creek
      • Little Alamance Creek
    • Back Creek
    • Boyds Creek
    • Service Creek
    • Stony Creek
    • Travis Creek
    • Reedy Fork
      • Buffalo Creek
      • Katie Branch
      • Rocky Branch
      • Smith Branch
      • Squirrel Creek
      • Richland Creek
      • Long Branch
      • Horsepen Creek
      • Brush Creek
      • Moores Creek
      • Beaver Creek
    • Giles Creek
    • Rose Creek
    • Little Troublesome Creek
    • Troublesome Creek
    • Candy Creek
    • Benaja Creek
    • Mears Fork
    • Rock Branch
• Lockwood Folly River
• Shallotte River
• Calabash River
• Little River

Yadkin–Pee Dee River Basin

• Pee Dee River
  • Waccamaw River
  • Little Pee Dee River (SC)
    • Lumber River
      • Drowning Creek
        • Hills Creek
        • Little Creek
        • Mountain Creek
        • Quewhiffle Creek
        • Aberdeen Creek
        • Horse Creek
          • Deep Creek
        • Big Branch
        • Naked Creek
        • Jackson Creek
  • Lynches River
  • Little River
  • Brown Creek
  • Rocky River
    • Lanes Creek
    • Coddle Creek
  • Uwharrie River
    • Caraway Creek
      • Taylors Creek
      • Back Creek
      • Little Caraway Creek
    • Little Uwharrie River
  • Yadkin River
    • Abbotts Creek
    • South Yadkin River
    • Little Yadkin River
    • Ararat River
    • Elkin Creek
    • Fisher River
      • Little Fisher River
    • Mitchell River
    • Mulberry Creek
    • Roaring River
    • Reddies River

Santee drainage basin

• Santee River (SC)
  • Wateree River (SC)
    • Catawba River
      • South Fork Catawba River
        • Henry Fork
        • Jacob Fork River
      • Lower Little River
      • Middle Little River
      • Upper Little River
      • Johns River
      • Linville River
  • Congaree River (SC)
    • Broad River
      • Pacolet River (SC)
        • North Pacolet River
      • Bowens River
      • First Broad River
      • Second Broad River
      • Green River
        • Hungry River
          • Little Hungry River
• Savannah River (SC and GA)
  • Seneca River (SC)
    • Keowee River (SC)
      • Toxaway River
        • Horsepasture River
      • Whitewater River
        • Thompson River
  • Tugaloo River (SC and GA)
    • Chattooga River
    • Tallulah River
      • Coleman River
• Adams Branch (Richardson Creek tributary)

Gulf of Mexico

French Broad drainage basin

• Mississippi River
  • Ohio River (KY, WV)
    • Tennessee River (KY,TN)
      • Hiwassee River
        • Nottely River
        • Valley River
      • Little Tennessee River
        • Tellico River
        • Cheoah River
        • Tuckasegee River
          • Oconaluftee River
        • Nantahala River
        • Cullasaja River
      • French Broad River
        • Nolichucky River
          • Cane River
          • North Toe River
            • South Toe River
        • Pigeon River
        • Swannanoa River
        • Mills River
        • Little River
        • Davidson River
        • Ivy River (Creek)
      • Holston River (TN)

        

        New River drainage basin

        • South Fork Holston River (TN)
          • Watauga River
            • Elk River
    • Kanawha River (WV)
      • New River
        • Little River
        • North Fork New River
        • South Fork New River

Alphabetically

• Alligator River
• Ararat River
• Black River
• Black Jack Branch (Brown Creek tributary)
• Broad River
• Brown Creek (Pee Dee River tributary)
• Cane River
• Cape Fear River
• Cashie River
• Catawba River
• Cheoah River
• Chowan River
• Coleman River
• Cullasaja River
• Dan River
• Davidson River
• Deep River
• Elk River
• Eno River
• First Broad River
• Fisher River
• French Broad River
• Great Pee Dee River
• Great Coharie Creek
• Green River
• Haw River
• Henry Fork
• Hungry River
• Hyco River
• Jacob Fork
• Johns River
• Linville River
• Little Coharie Creek
• Little Fisher River
• Little Hungry River
• Little River (Albemarle Sound)
• Little River (Cape Fear River tributary)
• Little River (Eno River tributary)
• Little River (French Broad River tributary)
• Little River (Horry County, South Carolina)
• Little River (Jacob Fork)
• Little River (Neuse River tributary)
• Little River (North Carolina-Virginia)
• Little River (Pee Dee River tributary)
• Little River (Roanoke River tributary)
• Little Tennessee River
• Little Uwharrie River
• Lockwood Folly River
• Lower Little River
• Lumber River
• Lynches River
• Mayo River
• Meherrin River
• Middle Little River
• Mills River
• Mitchell River
• Nantahala River
• Neuse River
• New Hope River
• New River – western North Carolina
• New River – southeastern North Carolina
• Nolichucky River
• North Toe River
• Nottely River
• North Pacolet River
• North River
• Northeast Cape Fear River
• Pamlico River
• Pasquotank River
• Pee Dee River
• Perquimans River
• Pigeon River
• Reddies River
• Roanoke River including Staunton River
• Roaring River
• Rocky River
• Rough Butt Creek
• Scuppernong River
• Second Broad River
• Shallotte River
• Six Run Creek
• South Fork Catawba River
• South River
• South River (Neuse River estuary)
• South Toe River
• South Yadkin River
• Swannanoa River
• Tar River
• Trent River
• Tuckasegee River
• Upper Little River
• Uwharrie River
• Waccamaw River
• Watauga River
• White Oak River
• Whitewater River
• Wiccacon River
• Yadkin River

See also

• List of rivers in the United States

References

• USGS Geographic Names Information Service
• USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – State of North Carolina (1974)

External links

• North Carolina Streamflow Data from the USGS