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]

[Image:Pamlicorivermap.png|thumb|250px|right|Pamlico and Neuse drainage basins]

Pamlico River

  • Pamlico River
  • * Pungo River

    Tar River

  • * 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

  • ** 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

  • **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

  • 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
[Image:Capefearrivermap.png|thumb|250px|right|Cape Fear River]

Cape Fear River

Image:Peedeerivermap.png|thumb|300px|right|Yadkin–Pee Dee River Basin

Pee Dee River