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Cape-Fear River Basin
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Cape-Fear River Basin
What is the Area Like
Cape Fear is in a coastal plain and Tidewater region of North Carolina centered near the city of Wilmington.
Where?
What cities are in the area
GreensboroBurlington Chapel Hill Sanford Fayetteville Dunn Clinton Wilmington
What cities are in the area?
What does the river basin offer to the community?
It provides water to many of the major cities in the state, including Greensboro, Durham, Chapel Hill, Fayetteville, and Wilmington.
Benefits
Is the river basin used for recreation
Yes it is used for recreation (these are some of the things it is used for)
Hiking
Camping
Hunting
Fishing
Canoeing
Kayaking
Rafting
Sailing
Motorboating
Biking
Rock Climbing
Horseback riding
Skiing
Size of the Cape-Fear River Basin
The basin covers more than 9,300 square miles, making it the state's largest.
Size?
Length
The length of the river basin
Length is about just over 191 miles long
Width
the width of the cape-fear river basin
Maximum width of 35 kilometers just northwest of Elizabethtown, N.C
Are there any popular tributaries?
Town Creek and Rice Creek are tributaries of the Cape Fear River that are located in southeastern North Carolina.
Reasons
Types of Plants
Long-Leaf Pine
Savannahs
Old growth forests
Carolina Bays
Lime stinks
Plants
Types of animals
Alligators
Otters
Black bears
Large variety of birds and fish species.
Animals
Types of tributaries
Town Creek
Rice Creek
Tributaries
Water Quality (bad)
The agreement negotiated by the NCDE(North Carolina Department of Environmental) Quality with the City of Greensboro allows 33 to 45 ppb of toxic 1,4 dioxane into the Haw River and the Cape Fear River basin, which is about 100 times more than the state toxics substances level of 0.35 ppb, and 2-3 times higher than
Water Quality?
Summary
Cape Fear Basin Summary
The Cape Fear is one of four river basins entirely contained within North Carolina's borders. The river is formed by the Deep, Rocky and Haw rivers, which converge in Chatham County just below the B. Everett Jordan Dam. The river ends in 32,000 acres of estuary near Southport.
Summary
Sources
Unc.edu
Duke,edu
Ecu.edu