Neuse River Basin
located on the east side of North Carolina
Major Cities
Raleigh, Goldsboro, Durham, Smithfield, New bern, and Kinston
Counties within
Wake county, Durham county, Granville County
Headwaters
The Neuse River Basin has a lot of small rivers leading towards it and starts at the ocean
Where it drains
The Tar and Neuse are two big rivers that empty in the Pamilco sound
Length
The approximately length of the Neuse is 275 miles long. The tar is 215 miles long and are the two biggest rivers in the Neuse river basin
Size
Neuse River basin is very big, covers 19 counties, and is 6,192 square miles
Population
Neuse River basin has over 1,500,000 people that live there
Tourism
There are many activities that you could do.
examples:
- Fishing
- Canoeing
- Swimming
- Boating
- Snorkleing
Animals
- Flat Pebble snail ( Lepyrium showalteri)
- Carolina madtom (Noturus Furiosus)
- LeatherBack sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea)
Plants
- Pine trees (Pinus)
- Red Maple trees (Acer rubrum)
- White oak (Quercus alba)
Water Quality
The water quality is very good and it is clean because the trees protecting the water form the sunlight
Pollution
Most of the pollution comes from agriculture runoff, making high nitrogen levels in the water
Preventing Pollution
These are some ways to prevent pollution are filtering the water and disposing of trash properly
FUN FACT
The Neuse is one of the largest river basins in North Carolina