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Nor th Carol ina’s R iver Bas ins
This map is provided by the Office of EnvironmentalEducation and Public Affairs in the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
MAP BY LEE RATCLIFFE, FROM THE NOV. 1999 SPECIALISSUE OF WILDLIFE IN NORTH CAROLINA MAGAZINE,“RIVERS OF NORTH CAROLINA.” PUBLISHED BY THEN.C. WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION. BASE MAPCOPYRIGHT JOHN FELS, 1997
SOURCES: NCDENR DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY;NCDENR OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATIONAND PUBLIC AFFAIRS; N.C. DEPARTMENT OFTRANSPORTATION.
Ariver basin encompasses all the land surface drained by many finger-like streams and creeks flowing downhill into one anotherand eventually into one river, which forms its artery and backbone. As a bathtub catches all the water that falls within its sidesand directs the water out its drain, a river basin sends all the water falling within its surrounding ridges into its system of creeks
and streams to gurgle and splash downhill into its river and out to an estuary or the ocean.The shape of a river basin comes from the collective and opposing forces of mountain-building and weathering. Geological forces
push mountains up into the sky, and weathering from rain and wind wears mountainsides into hillsides and valleys and plains. Ajigsaw puzzle of river basins reflects in three dimensions the outcome of these combined forces molding the landscape.
As an artery connects the parts of a body to one another, so a river threads together the creeks and streams, valleys and hills, springsand lakes that share a common assembly of water. What happens to the surface or underground water in one part of the river basinwill find its way to other parts. If water is diverted out of its usual course in one part of a river basin, other parts will know its absence.A river basin comes closer than any other defined area of land, with the exception of an isolated island, to meeting the definition ofan ecosystem in which all things are connected and interdependent.
What Is a River Basin?
Areasof North Carolina’s River BasinsI N S Q U A R E M I L E S
*for comparison
Stream Watch will provideinformation about how toadopt or keep an eye on astream near you.(919) 715-5435
Funded through a Walmart Stormwater Compliance Grant. 2010. 7000 copies of this public document were printed at a cost of $2,481.46 or $0.35 per copy.Printed on recycled paper.
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Cape Fear 9,164Yadkin-PeeDee 7,221Tar-Pamlico 6,148Neuse 6,062Roanoke 3,493Pasquotank 3,366Lumber 3,329Catawba 3,285French Broad 2,829Little Tennesse 1,797Broad 1,514White Oak 1,382Chowan 1,298New 754Hiwassee 644Watauga 205Savannah 171 Amazon* 2,300,000Mississippi* 1,240,000
Discover Your Ecological Address!Your river basin is one part of your ecological address. To learn moreabout your ecological address, contact the Office of EnvironmentalEducation and Public Affairs at (919) 733-0711 or check out theWeb site at http://www.eenorthcarolina.org