Students researched river basins in NC then created powerpoints with the research.

1. Cape Fear
By: Tyria Dellinger

2. Location
•The cape fear river is
located in the costal plains.
• in north Carolina.

3. Tributaries /
Total Miles /And Square
Miles
•Fear River Basin has 6,049
miles of streams and rivers.
This includes Cape Fear
River, Black River, South
River, and larger streams
like Colly and Turnbull
creeks. The basin is also
9,324 square miles.

4. Places that get water from
the water basin
•Regions, near Greensboro
and High Point, and ends
on the coast.

5. Historical background

6. Cape Fear River
By: Evey Morris

7. Location
 The Cape Fear River goes from the
piedmont and flows into the coastal plains.

8. Main River and Tributaries
 The main river is the Cape Fear River
 Cape Fear has two main tributaries, the
Black River and the Northeast Cape Fear
River

9. Total miles and Square miles
 The total miles of the Cape Fear River and
the streams are 6,584 miles.
 The square miles of this river basin is 9,164
sq. mi.

10. Counties and Cities that use the water
Counties: 26 Cities:
Lee Wilmington (main)
Chatham
Alamance Southport
Durham
Orange Boiling Spring Lakes
& more

11. Historical Facts
 Giovanni da Verrazano was the first known
European explorer to arrive in the Cape
Fear Region.

12. Plants and Animals
Plants: Animals:
 American Elm tree  red-cockaded
woodpecker
 Shagbark Hickory tree
 Southeast bald eagle
 Salix nigra (black
willow)  American alligator
 Red Maple tree  Sea Turtles

13. Other Facts

14. Broad River
Christian Parsley

15. Facts About the Broad River Basin
• From the foothills into the piedmont of North
Carolina
• The main river is the Broad River. Some
tributaries include the Green, First Broad,
Second Broad, and North Pacolet rivers.
• The total miles of rivers and streams is 1,513
and it is 1,514 square miles.

16. Counties and Cities in the
Broad River Basin
• Cities include Chimney Rock Village, Saluda,
Columbus, Tryon, Gilkey, Rutherfordton,
Spindale, Shelby, and even Kings Mountain
• Counties include Buncombe, McDowell,
Rutherford, Cleveland, Polk, and Henderson

17. Historical Facts
• Hickory Nut Falls was used in the battle scenes
of the movie The Last of the Mohicans.

18. Plants
• Contains one of the rarest and most globally
endangered White Irisette

19. Animals
• Salamanders like the Green, Blue Ridge Gray-
cheeked, and South Mountain Gray-cheeked

20. Other Interesting Facts
• The Broad River basin contains the Bat Cave.
It is 300 feet long and 85 feet high with more
than a mile of passageways. It was made by
the shifting of rocks.

21. • Trout fishing is very popular in the rivers and
lakes of the basin.

22. Little Tennessee River
BY: Ciera Mathis

23. Information
• In the mountains
• Main rivers- Cullasaja, Nantahala,
Tuckasegree, Cheoah rivers
• Major lakes- Fontana, Santeethlah, Glenville

24. Streams & Rivers
• Total miles of streams & rivers -2,501
• River basin size- 1,797
• The Fontana river alone is – 480 feet long

25. Counties or cities
Sylva
Cherokee
Macon County

26. Pictures

27. Historical Facts
The Tennessee River is the largest tributary of
the Ohio River.
Its formed at the confluence of the Holston and
French Broad River on the east side of
Knoxville, Tennessee.

28. Animals
• Fish
• Elk
• Squirrel
• Rabbits
• Opposums
• Raccoons
• Deer
• Birds
• Etc…..

29. Plants
• Mountain Camellia
• Wild Petunia
• Etc….

30. Facts
• You can go Hiking, Boating, Fishing, Hunting
and much more.
• They found bones of the Paleo Indians

31. By: Isiaha Whitener

32. * Flows from the mountains to the Piedmont

33. * Main river – Catawba
* Lake – Norman

34. * Total – 9389 miles

35. * Total – 3285 square miles

36. * Burke county
* Lincoln county
* Newton county
* Lenoir county
* Marion county
* Taylorsville county
* Hickory county

37. * The Catawba Indians and there ancestors lived
there for over 10,000 years

38. * Snaketail Dragonfly's
* Snail bullhead fish
* Carolina darters

39. * There was clay material at the bottom of the
river that Indians used to create clay pots
* It is the most densely populated river basin in
north Carolina
* You can find art from here in the Smithsonian
museum
*Other historical facts

40. WHITE OAK
By Darian Mcclain

41. Location on Coastal and
freshwater wetlands
White oak
Total miles of streams
and rivers 320
Size:1,382 square miles
Onslow, Swansboro,
Carteret, Beaufort

42. • In 1970 and 2000 the
population grew by
about 50 percent
• They say 25,818 people
will live in the basin by
2020
• Animals like Manatee,
The Red-Cockaded
woodpecker
• So plats like Fragrant
white lily, and
Venus fly trap

43. Other Facts
• More than 80,000 acres of the
Forest lie in the White Oak
River Basin

44. River Basins
By:
Anna Todd

45. River Basins
 Name: White Oak
 Location: Coast

46. Facts
 Main river: White Oak River
 Creeks: Southwest creek, Northeast creek
 Total miles of streams and rivers: 320
 Square miles of river basin: 1382 square
miles
 Counties or cities that get water from
White Oak basin: Jacksonville, Carteret,
Craven

47. History

48. Plants and Animals
Plants:  Animals:
• Fragrant white lily  American alligator
• Venus flytraps  Green heron
• Trumpet pitcher plant  Manatee
• Sundews

49. Other facts
 Forest and wetland cover almost half of
the basin
 There are a lot of rare and endangered
animals found in the basin
• Increasing population density in the basin
is putting new pressure on water quality in
streams, rivers and estuaries