| Little River Tributary to Cape Fear River | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:USA_North_Carolina_relief_location_map.jpg)  Location of Little River mouth &sq=&lang=&file=File:Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png) Little River (Cape Fear River tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Moore Hoke Cumberland Harnett |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Jackson Creek divide |
| • location | pond about 0.25 miles north of West End, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 35°14′40″N 079°33′53″W / 35.24444°N 79.56472°W[1] |
| • elevation | 535 ft (163 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Cape Fear River |
• location | about 2 miles east of Linden, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°15′25″N 078°42′12″W / 35.25694°N 78.70333°W[1] |
• elevation | 56 ft (17 m)[2] |
| Length | 71.14 mi (114.49 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 4,248.05 square miles (11,002.4 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Cape Fear River |
| • average | 475.13 cu ft/s (13.454 m3/s) at mouth with Cape Fear River[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Cape Fear River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Wads Creek Crane Creek Buffalo Creek Turkey Creek Hector Creek Jumping Run Creek Anderson Creek Stewarts Creek |
| • right | Nicks Creek Mill Creek James Creek Horse Creek Flat Creek Deep Creek Little Creek Cypress Creek McPherson Creek Tank Creek Gibsons Creek |
| Waterbodies | Thagards Lake |
| Bridges | Carthage Road, McKenzies Mill Road, Beulah Hill Church Road, Murdocksville Road, US 15-501, NC 22, McCaskill Road, Rays Bridge Road, Country Club Blvd., Niagara-Carthage Road, Holly Street, US 1, Long Point Road, Lakebay Road, Morrison Bridge Road, NC 24, E Manchester Road, NC 210, McCormick Bridge Road, W Reeves Bridge Road, US 401, NC 217 |
Little River is a 71.14 mi (114.49 km) long 5th order tributary to the Cape Fear River in North Carolina. This stream delineates the county boundaries of Moore-Hoke Counties and Harnett-Cumberland Counties for some of its distance.
- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Little River". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Nicks Creek Topo Map, Moore County NC (Carthage Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Little River Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 23 November 2019.