NEW RIVER (NORTH CAROLINA)

:''This article documents the river in Onslow County. For the river that flows from Ashe County through Virginia to the Kanawha River in West Virginia, see New River (Kanawha River).''
The New River as seen from the Jacksonville downtown waterfront area.

The 'New River' is a 50 mile (80 km) long river in southeastern North Carolina in the United States. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean.
It rises in northwestern Onslow County and flows east-southeast past Jacksonville, where it widens into a tidal estuary approximately two miles (3.2 km) wide. As an estuary it meanders through Camp Lejeune Marine Base and enters the Atlantic in Onslow Bay, via the New River Inlet between two barrier islands. It is the only river in the United States where the headwaters and mouth of the river exist in the same county.
The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway crosses the entrance of the river between the coast and the barrier island.

Contents
See also
External links

See also



★ List of North Carolina rivers

External links



★ New River Foundation

★ North Carolina State Univ.: Onslow Water Quality Project

★ University of North Carolina-Wilmington: Morphological Changes of the New River Inlet

This article provided by Wikipedia. To edit the contents of this article, click here for original source.

psst.. try this: add to faves
©2009 TripAtlas.com