Neuse River

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river

The Neuse River is a major river in North Carolina that flows from the Piedmont through the Coastal Plain to empty into Pamlico Sound, playing a key role in the region’s ecology and history.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Neuse River Basin 2
Neuse River basin 2
Neuse River estuary 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crossesEcoregion Atlantic coastal plain ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic Coastal Plain

Piedmont (United States) ⓘ
surface form: Piedmont
drainageBasin Neuse River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Neuse River Basin
ecologicalRole provides habitat for fish and wildlife in eastern North Carolina ⓘ
supports estuarine ecosystems in Pamlico Sound ⓘ
emptiesInto Pamlico Sound ⓘ
environmentalIssue affected by agricultural and urban runoff ⓘ
subject to nutrient pollution and algal blooms ⓘ
flowsDirection generally southeast ⓘ
flowsThrough Craven County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Goldsboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Johnston County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kinston, North Carolina, United States ⓘ
surface form: Kinston, North Carolina

Lenoir County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Bern ⓘ
surface form: New Bern, North Carolina

Raleigh ⓘ
surface form: Raleigh, North Carolina

Wayne County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBridge Neuse River Bridge in New Bern ⓘ
hasEstuary Neuse River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: lower Neuse River estuary
hasProtectedArea Neuse River Recreation Area ⓘ
hasTributary Contentnea Creek ⓘ
Eno River ⓘ
Flat River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Little River (Neuse tributary) ⓘ
Trent River ⓘ
historicalSignificance important waterway in colonial North Carolina ⓘ
used for transportation and trade in eastern North Carolina ⓘ
lengthApproxKm 443 ⓘ
lengthApproxMi 275 ⓘ
locatedIn North Carolina Coastal Plain ⓘ
surface form: Coastal Plain of North Carolina

Piedmont region of North Carolina ⓘ
majorCityOnRiver New Bern ⓘ
surface form: New Bern, North Carolina

Raleigh ⓘ
surface form: Raleigh, North Carolina
mouth Pamlico Sound ⓘ
namedAfter Neusiok (Neuse) Native American people ⓘ
nameLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Neuse River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Neuse River Basin
region North Carolina Coastal Plain ⓘ
surface form: Eastern North Carolina
riverSystem Pamlico Sound watershed ⓘ
sourceRegion Piedmont region of North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Piedmont of North Carolina
state North Carolina ⓘ
usedFor boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
water supply ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Neuse River estuary
Little River → drainageBasin → Neuse River ⓘ
subject surface form: Little River (Durham County, North Carolina)
this entity surface form: Neuse River watershed
Neuse River → drainageBasin → Neuse River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neuse River Basin
Neuse River → hasEstuary → Neuse River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: lower Neuse River estuary
Knightdale → locatedNear → Neuse River ⓘ
subject surface form: Kinston, North Carolina
New Bern → locatedOnRiver → Neuse River ⓘ
Little River → partOf → Neuse River ⓘ
subject surface form: Little River (Durham County, North Carolina)
this entity surface form: Neuse River basin
Neuse River → partOf → Neuse River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neuse River Basin
Eno River → riverSystem → Neuse River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neuse River basin
Eno River → tributaryOf → Neuse River ⓘ