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Where We Are
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NORTH CAROLINA
POPULATED PLACES
MD
WEST
500,000 – 999,999 Charlotte VIRGINIA

C hesapeake Bay
100,000 – 499,999 Greensboro
25,000 – 99,999 Asheville KENTUCKY VIRGINIA
24,999 and less Edenton
State capital Raleigh
TRANSPORTATION E
Interstate; limited access highway 77 G
Other principal highway
D Dismal
Railroad
I John H Kerr
Swamp
Mount Airy Roxboro Res
Ferry
R Reidsville Henderson
Roanoke Rapids
Elizabeth City
PHYSICAL FEATURES TENNESSEE Boone
Greensboro
Oxford 95
S Winston-Salem 85 Edenton
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Streams
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Lakes Lenoir High Point Durham R Rocky Mount

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KY Catawba Lexington Chapel Hill Tarboro Williamston Manteo
MO
Mt Mitchell Statesville
Highest elevation in state (feet) 6684 6684 Hickory Cary Raleigh Wilson
S 77 Salisbury Asheboro Greenville
Asheville

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T Waynesville
E

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Washington
EA
The lowest elevation in North Carolina is sea
26 Kannapolis Concord Sanford Smithfield

So
Pee Dee
GR
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Goldsboro
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Pa Cape
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Wilmington
SOUTH CAROLINA
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U.S. Geological Survey

pagegen_nc4.pdf INTERIOR-GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, RESTON, VIRGINIA-2004