List of rivers of North Carolina

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

## By drainage basin[edit]

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

### Atlantic Ocean[edit]

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
* Potecasi Creek
* Worrell Mill Swamp
* Hares Branch
* Blackwater River
* Nottoway River
* Cashie River

#### Roanoke River[edit]

* Roanoke River
* Dan River
* Aarons Creek
* Crooked Fork
* Hyco River
* Castle Creek
* Storys Creek
* Powells Creek
* Ghent Creek
* Cane Creek
* Sargents Creek
* Hyco Creek
* Cobbs Creek
* Kilgore Creek
* Coneys Creek
* Panther Branch
* Lynch Creek
* Negro Creek
* South Hyco Creek
* Little Duck Creek
* Richland Creek
* Cub Creek
* Double Creek
* Sugartree Creek
* Smith River
* Mayo River
* Little Dan River

#### Albemarle Sound[edit]

* Scuppernong River
* Alligator River
* Long Shoal River

Pamlico and Neuse drainage basins

## Pamlico River[edit]

* Pamlico River
* Pungo River

### Tar River[edit]

*     * Tar River
* Kennedy Creek
* Tranters Creek
* Cherry Run
* Mitchell Branch
* Maple Branch
* Aggie Run
* Pocoson Branch
* Pea Branch
* Poley Branch
* Horsepen Swamp
* Haw Branch
* Briery Swamp
* Great Branch Meadow Branch
* Pinelog Branch
* Turkey Swamp
* Bear Grass Swamp
* Collie Swamp
* Flat Swamp
* Bear Creek
* Chapel Branch
* Chicod Creek
* Juniper Branch
* Bates Branch
* Cow Swamp
* Cabin Branch
* Cross Swamp
* Grindle Creek
* Whichard Branch
* Mill Branch
* Moyes Run
* Cannon Swamp
* Baldwin Swamp
* Phillippi Branch
* Barber Creek
* Hardee Creek
* Meeting House Branch
* Bell Branch
* Greens Mill Run
* Reedy Branch
* Fomes Branch
* Parker Creek
* Schoolhouse Branch
* Harris Mill Run
* Johnsons Mill Run
* Bryan Creek
* Sains Branch
* Tyson Creek
* Lawrence Run
* Conetoe Creek
* Mitchell Swamp
* Knight Canal
* Lewis Canal
* Crisp Creek
* Fountain Fork Creek
* Otter Creek
* Cheeks Mill Creek
* Town Creek
* Bynum Mill Creek
* Cokey Swamp
* Sasnett Mill Branch
* Beaverdam Branch
* Millpond Branch
* Cabin Branch
* Deloach Branch
* Dickson Branch
* Parker Branch
* Little Cokey Swamp
* Corn Creek
* Williamson Branch
* Cattail Swamp
* White Swamp
* Cattail Branch
* Jerrys Creek
* Cromwell Canal
* Hendricks Creek
* Holly Creek
* East Tarboro Canal

#### Fishing Creek[edit]

*     *       * Fishing Creek
* Deep Creek
* Longs Branch
* Savage Mill Run
* Indian Branch
* Marsh Swamp
* Cow Haul Swamp
* Burnt Coat Swamp
* Breeches Swamp
* Jacket Swamp
* Beaverdam Swamp
* Dog Pond Branch
* Martin Swamp
* Rocky Swamp
* Jack Horse Swamp
* Beaverdam Swamp
* Black Swamp
* Pinelog Branch
* Little Fishing Creek
* Bear Swamp
* Porter Creek
* Reedy Creek
* Bobbitts Branch
* Bens Creek
* Big Branch
* Walkers Creek
* Dowlins Creek
* Crooked Swamp
* White Oak Swamp
* Shocco Creek
* Little Shocco Creek
* Cabin Branch
* Lees Branch
* Buzzard Branch
* Maple Swamp
* Hogpen Branch
* Bobs Branch
* Gunters Creek
* Reedy Branch
* Long Branch
* Buffalo Branch
* Gum Pond Branch
* Mill Branch
* Wolfpit Branch
* Black Branch
* Possumquarter Creek
* Richneck Creek
* Bridle Creek
* Horse Creek
* Phoebes Creek
* Owens Creek
* Rocky Creek
* Matthews Creek

#### Swift Creek[edit]

*     *       * Swift Creek
* Leggett Canal
* White Oak Swamp
* Moccasin Creek
* Lane Swamp
* Flat Rock Branch
* Gideon Swamp
* Sandy Creek
* Tumbling Run
* Jumping Run
* Terry Branch
* Red Bud Creek
* Shelley Branch
* Deer Branch
* Richland Creek
* Crabtree Creek
* Devils Cradle Creek
* Flatrock Creek
* Buffalo Creek
* Weaver Creek
* Dickies Creek
* Cattail Creek
* Martin Creek
* Pounder Branch
* Penders Mill Run
* Raccoon Branch
* Key Branch
* Walnut Creek
* Beech Branch
* Falling Run
* Buck Swamp
* Gay Branch
* Hornbeam Branch
* Compass Creek
* Cowlick Branch
* Goose Branch
* Stony Creek
* Pig Basket Creek
* Little Peachtree Creek
* Big Peachtree Creek
* Back Swamp
* Beaverdam Branch
* Bear Creek
* Wildcat Branch
* Maple Creek
* Polecat Branch
* Hicks Branch
* Grape Branch
* Sapony Creek
* Big Branch
* Little Sapony Creek
* Henry Branch
* Gabe Branch
* Bear Branch
* Jacob Branch
* Long Branch
* Turkey Creek
* Coker Creek
* White Creek
* Biddie Toe Creek
* Cypress Creek
* Long Branch
* Crooked Creek
* Cedar Creek
* Big Branch Creek
* Camping Creek
* Brandy Creek
* Jumping Run
* Wolfpen Branch
* Sycamore Creek
* Fox Creek
* Coole Creek
* Bear Swamp Creek
* Buffalo Creek
* Lynch Creek
* Billys Creek
* Kings Creek
* Buffalo Creek
* Tabbs Creek
* Taylors Creek
* McGee Creek
* Middle Creek
* Ford Creek
* Gibbs Creek
* Sand Creek
* Fishing Creek
* Coon Creek
* Hachers Run
* Aycock Creek
* Johnson Creek
* Bollens Creek
* Boulding Creek
* Cattail Creek
* Jackson Creek
* Rocky Creek
* Owen Creek
* North Fork Tar River
* Shelton Creek
* Fox Creek
* Cub Creek
*           * Moore Swamp

#### Neuse River[edit]

* Neuse River
* Swan Creek
* Broad Creek
* Brown Creek
* Brown Creek
* Orchard Creek
* South River
* Hardy Creek
* Big Creek
* Mulberry Creek
* Old House Creek
* Dixon Creek
* Coffee Creek
* Royal Creek
* Little Creek
* Eastman Creek
* Southwest Creek
* Doe Creek
* Buck Creek
* Duck Creek
* Neal Creek
* Elishu Creek
* Miry Gut
* West Fork
* East Fork
* Rich Island Gut
* Pierce Creek
* Berrys Creek
* Garbacon Creek
* Whittaker Creek
* Greens Creek
* Camp Creek
* Smith Creek
* Morris Creek
* Kershaw Creek
* Adams Creek
* Godfrey Creek
* Delamar Creek
* Sandy Huss Creek
* Dumpling Creek
* Cedar Creek
* Jonaquin Creek
* Cullie Creek
* Kellum Creek
* Kearney Creek
* Issac Creek
* Back Creek
* Courts Creek
* Great Neck Creek
* Long Creek
* Dawson Creek
* Tarkiln Creek
* Granny Gut
* Deep Run
* Wheeler Gut
* Fork Run
* Clubfoot Creek
* Mitchell Creek
* Big Branch
* Snake Branch
* Gulden Creek
* Mortens Mill Pond
* East Prong
* West Prong
* Gatlin Creek
* Sassafras Branch
* King Creek
* Cherry Branch
* Alligator Gut
* Gum Branch
* Handcock Creek
* Still Gut
* Reeds Gut
* Cohooque Creek
* Still Gut
* Barney Branch
* Spe Branch
* Little John Creek
* Jacks Branch
* Dolls Gut
* Shop Branch
* Deep Branch
* Moebucks Branch
* Mill Creek
* Beard Creek
* Caraway Creek
* Purifoy Gut
* Cedar Gut
* East Prong
* Slocum Creek
* Anderson Creek
* Tucker Creek
* Sandy Run
* Miry Branch
* Goodwin Creek
* Daniels Branch
* Mill Creek
* Hunters Branch
* Alligator Gut
* Cedar Creek
* East Prong
* Sandy Branch
* Caps Branch
* Southwest Prong
* Wolf Pit Branch
* Black Swamp Creek
* East Branch
* West Branch
* Lower Duck Creek
* Otter Creek
* Crooked Run
* Goose Creek
* Cypress Creek
* Alexander Swamp
* Black Creek
* Simmons Branch
* Deep Run Branch
* East Fork
* West Fork
* Upper Broad Creek
* Deep Run
* Sasses Branch
* Mill Swamp
* Morgan Swamp
* Possum Swamp
* Savannah Bridge Swamp
* Northwest Creek
* Duck Creek
* Scotts Creek
* Trent River
* Lawson Creek
* Brice Creek
* East Prong
* West Prong
* Great Branch
* Lees Branch
* Black Branch
* Georges Branch
* Hoods Creek
* Wilson Creek
* Reedy Branch
* Rocky Run
* Miry Hole Branch
* Island Creek
* Scott Creek
* West Prong Raccoon Creek
* Mill Creek
* Goshen Branch
* Little Hell Creek
* Mill Run
* Long Branch
* Beaverdam Creek
* Jumping Creek
* French Branch
* Crooked Run
* Musselshell Branch
* Resolution Branch
* Beaver Creek
* Chinquapin Branch
* Poplar Branch
* Pocoson Branch
* Little Chinquapin Branch
* Jack Cabin Branch
* Mill Branch
* Cypress Creek
* Reedy Branch
* Black Swamp
* Tuckahoe Creek
* Joshua Creek
* Beaverdam Swamp
* Horse Branch
* Running Branch
* Smith Creek
* Mills Branch
* Rennys Creek
* Bachelor Creek
* Caswell Branch
* Round Tree Branch
* Beech Tree Branch
* Jumping Run
* Beaverdam Branch
* Deep Branch
* Rollover Creek
* Hollis Branch
* Swift Creek
* Little Swift Creek
* Fisher Swamp
* Beaverdam Swamp
* Pine Tree Swamp
* Bushy Fork
* Bear Branch
* Mauls Swamp
* Palmetto Swamp
* Clayroot Swamp
* Creeping Swamp
* Polland Swamp
* Indian Well Swamp
* Thorofare Swamp
* Fork Swamp
* Simmon Branch
* Horsepen Swamp
* Gum Swamp
* Pinetree Creek
* Taylor Creek
* Turkey Quarter Creek
* Core Creek
* Flat Swamp
* Mill Branch
* Grape Creek
* Village Creek
* Halfmoon Creek
* Grinnel Creek
* Alum Springs Branch
* Contentnea Creek
* Eagle Swamp
* Little Contentnea Creek
* Middle Swamp
* Sandy Run
* Pinelog Branch
* Oldwoman Branch
* Jacob Branch
* Black Swamp
* Langs Mill Run
* Thompson Swamp
* Lighter Knot Swamp
* Ward Run
* Polecat Branch
* Wheat Swamp
* Hallam Branch
* Mussel Run
* Beaverdam Run
* Rainbow Creek
* Sowell Run
* Horsepen Branch
* Shepherd Run
* Poorhouse Run
* Panther Swamp Creek
* Tyson Marsh
* Spring Branch
* Reedy Branch
* Mink Point Branch
* Jacks Fork
* Mill Run
* Washington Branch
* Fort Run
* Lewis Branch
* Lang Branch
* Nahunta Swamp
* Appletree Swamp
* Cow Branch
* Beaver Branch
* Mill Branch
* Button Branch
* Buzzard Branch
* Hams Prong
* Beaver Dam
* The Slough
* Exum Mill Branch
* Jimmy Prong
* Mocassin Run
* Long Branch
* Poplar Branch
* Buck Meadow Branch
* Perkins Old Mill Branch
* Beaman Run
* Howell Swamp
* Water Branch
* Watery Branch
* Toisnot Swamp
* Goss Swamp
* Whiteoak Swamp
* Buck Branch
* Mill Branch
* Little Swamp
* Beaverdam Creek
* Whiteoak Swamp
* Black Creek
* Aycock Swamp
* Mill Run
* Great Swamp
* Juniper Swamp
* White Oak Swamp
* Brandy Branch Swamp
* Cedar Creek
* Lee Swamp
* Robin Swamp
* Hominy Swamp
* Bloomery Swamp
* Shepard Branch
* Mill Branch
* Little Swamp
* Marsh Swamp
* Buckhorn Branch
* Little Creek
* Mill Branch
* Turkey Creek
* Haw Branch
* Camp Branch
* Big Branch
* Driving Branch
* Press Prong
* Wolfharbor Branch
* Moccasin Creek
* Bull Branch
* Little Creek
* Beaverdam Creek
* Mosley Creek
* Alligator Branch
* Snake Hole Branch
* Little Snake Hole Branch
* Harrys Branch
* Folley Branch
* Beaverdam Branch
* Bone Gray Branch
* Stonyton Creek
* Jericho Run
* Briery Run
* Taylors Branch
* Southwest Creek
* Heath Branch
* Mill Branch
* Strawberry Branch
* Mott Swamp
* Spring Branch
* Clarks Branch
* Hornpipe Branch
* Horse Branch
* Turkey Branch
* Deep Run
* Toms Branch
* Gray Branch
* Adkin Branch
* Peter Creek
* Falling Creek
* Gum Swamp Creek
* White Marsh Run
* Moseley Creek
* Groundnut Creek
* Jumping Run
* Whitleys Creek
* Squirrel Creek
* Manley Branch
* Vernon Branch
* Belch Branch
* Bear Creek
* Mill Branch
* Meeting House Branch
* West Bear Creek
* Peters Branch
* Old Mill Branch
* Little Marsh Run
* Mill Run
* Hullett Branch
* Drew Branch
* Hinson Branch
* Seneca Branch
* Hardy Mill Run
* Trotters Creek
* Frank Nunn Branch
* Bens Branch
* Tar River
* Jacks Branch
* Dalys Creek
* Panther Creek
* John Benton Branch
* Cox Creek
* South Prong
* West Prong
* Mill Creek
* Still Creek
* Walnut Creek
* Walker Mill Run
* Powell Run
* Sleepy Creek
* Cabin Branch
* Tommy Reed Creek
* Burnt Mill Branch
* Pine Level Branch
* Green Branch
* Fellows Branch
* Stoney Creek
* Billy Branch
* Reedy Branch
* Howell Branch
* Stoney Run
* Carroway Creek
* Poplar Branch
* 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[edit]

* 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
* Donoho Creek
* Bandeau Creek
* Hammonds Creek
* Pemberton Creek
* Mulford Creek
* Turnbull Creek
* Browns Creek
* Ellis Creek
* Bakers Creek
* Harrison Creek
* Phillips Creek
* Georgia Branch
* Willis Creek
* Grays Creek
* Cedar Creek
* Rockfish Creek (Cape Fear River tributary)
* Cross Creek (Cape Fear River tributary)
* Little River
* Juniper Creek
* Upper Little River
* Thorntons Creek
* Buies Creek
* Poorhouse Creek
* Dry Creek
* Neills Creek
* Hector Creek
* Fish Creek
* Little Creek
* Avents Creek
* Camels Creek
* Cedar Creek
* Parkers Creek
* Daniels Creek
* Fall Creek
* Buckhorn Creek
* Bush Creek
* Gulf Creek
* Lick Creek
* Little Shaddox Creek
* Wombles Creek
* Deep River
* Rocky Branch
* Rocky River
* Bear Creek
* Harlands Creek
* Landrum Creek
* Tick Creek
* Meadow Creek
* Varnall Creek
* Loves Creek
* Nick Creek
* Lacys Creek
* Mud Lick Creek
* Greenbrier Creek
* North Rocky River Prong
* Little Buffalo Creek
* Georges Creek
* Big Buffalo Creek
* Cedar Creek
* Patterson Creek
* Pocket Creek
* Indian Creek
* Smiths Creek
* Line Creek
* Big Governors Creek
* McLendons Creek
* Lick Creek
* Tysons Creek
* Scotchman Creek
* Buffalo Creek
* Falls Creek
* Cedar Creek
* Bear Creek
* Grassy Creek
* Fork Creek
* Flat Creek
* Brush Creek
* Richland Creek
* Back Branch
* Broad Mouth Branch
* Millstone Creek
* Mill Creek
* Reed Creek
* Sandy Creek
* Bush Creek
* Gabriels Creek
* Hasketts Creek
* Polecat Creek
* Muddy Creek
* Hickory Creek
* Richland Creek
* Copper Branch
* Bull Run
* West Fork Deep River
* East Fork Deep 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[edit]

* 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
* Little Meadow Creek
* Dutch Buffalo Creek
* Adams Creek
* Little Buffalo Creek
* Black Run Creek
* Jennie Wolf Creek
* Lick Branch
* Irish Buffalo Creek
* Cold Water Creek
* Back Creek
* Mallard Creek
* Stony Creek
* Toby Creek
* Doby Creek
* Clarks Creek
* Doby Creek
* Coddle Creek
* Wolf Meadow Branch
* Afton Run
* Uwharrie River
* Caraway Creek
* Taylors Creek
* Back Creek
* Little Caraway Creek
* Little Uwharrie River
* Yadkin River
* Dutch John Creek
* Abbotts Creek
* South Yadkin River
* Little Yadkin River
* Ararat River
* Skin Cabin Creek
* Pilot Creek
* Bull Creek
* Whittier Creek
* Toms Creek
* Flat Shoal Creek
* Oldfield Creek
* Caddle Creek
* Rutledge Creek
* Stewarts Creek
* Burkes Creek
* Beech Creek
* Turners Creek
* Pauls Creek
* Brushy Fork
* Benson Creek
* Moores Fork
* Stony Creek
* Huntington Branch
* Naked Run
* Lovills Creek
* Rocky Creek
* School House Creek
* Seed Cane Creek
* Faulkner Creek
* Champ Creek
* Johnson Creek
* Fisher River
* Davenport Creek
* Pheasant Creek
* Dunagan Creek
* Bear Creek
* Cody Creek
* Little Beaver Creek
* Beaver Creek
* Horns Creek
* Cooks Creek
* Little Fisher River
* Burris Creek
* Flat Branch
* Red Hill Creek
* Endicott Creek
* Sage Creek
* Camp Branch
* Roaring Fork
* Gully Creek
* Mitchell River
* Elkin Creek
* Long Branch
* Grassy Creek
* Grassy Fork
* Little Elkin Creek
* Grays Creek
* Roaring River
* Stewart Creek
* Mulberry Creek
* Reddies River
* Hoopers Branch
* Lousy Creek
* Kilby Branch
* Tumbling Shoals Creek
* Quarry Branch

## Santee River[edit]

Santee drainage basin

* Santee River (SC)
* Wateree River (SC)

### Catawba River[edit]

* 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)
* Fishing Creek (Catawba River) (NC and SC)

### Gulf of Mexico[edit]

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[edit]

* Adams Creek
* Afton Run
* Alligator River
* Ararat River
* Back Creek (Rocky River tributary)
* Barkers Branch
* Beaverdam Creek (Lanes Creek tributary)
* Big Branch (Lanes Creek tributary)
* Black River
* Black Run Creek
* Black Jack Branch (Brown Creek tributary)
* Blackwell Branch
* Bluewing Creek
* Bowes Branch
* Brice Creek
* Broad River
* Brown Creek (Pee Dee River tributary)
* Caddle Creek (Ararat River tributary)
* Cane Creek (Hyco River tributary)
* Cane River
* Canebreak Branch
* Cape Fear River
* Carolina Creek
* Cashie River
* Castle Creek
* Catawba River
* Cedar Branch (Lanes Creek tributary)
* Cheoah River
* Chowan River
* Clarks Creek
* Cobbs Creek
* Cold Water Creek
* Coleman River
* Coneys Creek
* Cool Spring Branch
* Cub Creek
* Cullasaja River
* Dan River
* Davidson River
* Deep River
* Doby Creek
* Double Creek
* Elk River
* Eno River
* First Broad River
* Fishing Creek (Catawba River)
* Fisher River
* French Broad River
* Great Pee Dee River
* Ghent Creek
* Gold Branch
* Gourdvine Creek
* Great Coharie Creek
* Green River
* Haw River
* Henry Fork
* Hoods Creek
* Hungry River
* Hyco Creek
* Hyco River
* Irish Buffalo Creek
* Jacob Fork
* Jennie Wolf Creek
* Johns River
* Jones Creek
* Kilgore Creek
* Lacey Branch
* Lick Branch
* Lick Branch (Lanes Creek tributary)
* Linville River
* Little Buffalo Creek
* Little Coharie Creek
* Little Duck Creek
* Little Fisher River
* Little Hungry River
* Little Meadow Creek
* 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
* Lynch Creek
* Lynches River
* Mallard Creek
* Mayo River
* Meherrin River
* Middle Little River
* Mill Creek (Lanes Creek tributary)
* Mill Creek (Trent River tributary)
* Mills River
* Mill Run (Trent River tributary)
* Mitchell River
* Nantahala River
* Negro Creek
* Neuse River
* New Hope River
* New River – western North Carolina
* New River – southeastern North Carolina
* Nolichucky River
* Norkett Branch
* North Toe River
* Nottely River
* North Pacolet River
* Panther Branch
* Pine Log Creek
* North River
* Northeast Cape Fear River
* Pamlico River
* Panther Branch
* Pasquotank River
* Pee Dee River
* Perquimans River
* Pigeon River
* Powells Creek
* Reddies River
* Reedy Fork (Haw River tributary)
* Reedy Fork (Hyco Creek tributary)
* Richland Creek
* Roanoke River including Staunton River
* Roaring River
* Rocky River
* Rough Butt Creek
* Salem Creek
* Sargents Creek
* Scuppernong River
* Second Broad River
* Shallotte River
* Six Run Creek
* South Fork Catawba River
* South Hyco Creek
* South River
* South River (Neuse River estuary)
* South Toe River
* South Yadkin River
* Stegall Branch
* Stony Creek
* Storys Creek
* Sugartree Creek
* Swannanoa River
* Tar River
* Toby Creek
* Trent River
* Tuckasegee River
* Upper Little River
* Uwharrie River
* Waccamaw River
* Watauga River
* Water Branch
* Waxhaw Branch
* White Oak River
* Whitewater River
* Wicker Branch
* Wide Mouth Branch
* Wilson Creek
* Wiccacon River
* Wolf Meadow Branch
* Yadkin River

## See also[edit]

* List of rivers in the United States

## References[edit]

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

## External links[edit]

* North Carolina Streamflow Data from the USGS

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Topics|

* Index
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Society|

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Regions|

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* Sandhills
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Largest cities|

* Cary
* Charlotte
* Concord
* Durham
* Fayetteville
* Greensboro
* High Point
* Raleigh
* Wilmington
* Winston‑Salem

Smaller cities|

* Apex
* Asheboro
* Asheville
* Burlington
* Carrboro
* Chapel Hill
* Clayton
* Clemmons
* Cornelius
* Fuquay-Varina
* Garner
* Gastonia
* Goldsboro
* Greenville
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* Huntersville
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* Jacksonville
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* Kinston
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* Leland
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* Matthews
* Mint Hill
* Monroe
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* Morrisville
* New Bern
* Rocky Mount
* Salisbury
* Sanford
* Shelby
* Statesville
* Thomasville
* Wake Forest
* Waxhaw
* Wilson

Major towns|

* Albemarle
* Boone
* Eden
* Elizabeth City
* Graham
* Harrisburg
* Havelock
* Henderson
* Hendersonville
* Hope Mills
* Kings Mountain
* Laurinburg
* Lenoir
* Lewisville
* Lumberton
* Morganton
* Morehead City
* Newton
* Reidsville
* Roanoke Rapids
* Smithfield
* Southern Pines
* Tarboro
* Winterville

Counties|

* Alamance
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* Alleghany
* Anson
* Ashe
* Avery
* Beaufort
* Bertie
* Bladen
* Brunswick
* Buncombe
* Burke
* Cabarrus
* Caldwell
* Camden
* Carteret
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* Clay
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* Craven
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* Currituck
* Dare
* Davidson
* Davie
* Duplin
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* Edgecombe
* Forsyth
* Franklin
* Gaston
* Gates
* Graham
* Granville
* Greene
* Guilford
* Halifax
* Harnett
* Haywood
* Henderson
* Hertford
* Hoke
* Hyde
* Iredell
* Jackson
* Johnston
* Jones
* Lee
* Lenoir
* Lincoln
* Macon
* Madison
* Martin
* McDowell
* Mecklenburg
* Mitchell
* Montgomery
* Moore
* Nash
* New Hanover
* Northampton
* Onslow
* Orange
* Pamlico
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* Person
* Pitt
* Polk
* Randolph
* Richmond
* Robeson
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* Rowan
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* Scotland
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* Surry
* Swain
* Transylvania
* Tyrrell
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* Vance
* Wake
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* Washington
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* Wayne
* Wilkes
* Wilson
* Yadkin
* Yancey

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