News ( Eng. Neuse River ) - a river in North Carolina , flowing into the Gulf of Pamlico Sound below the city of New Bern .
| News | |
|---|---|
| English Neuse river | |
 Sandbanks, high turbidity and dense forest shading are characteristic for News. | |
| Characteristic | |
| Length | 443 km |
| Swimming pool | 14 600 km² |
| Watercourse | |
| Source | |
| • Location | North Carolina |
| • Coordinates | |
| Mouth | Pamlico |
| • Height | 0 m |
| • Coordinates | |
| Location | |
| Water system | Atlantic Ocean |
| A country |
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| Region | North Carolina |
 - source  - mouth | |
Formed by the confluence of the Flat and Ino rivers directly in front of the artificial Falls Lake . The river is 443 km long and the basin area is 14,600 km². The Trent River flows into the New Bern area. News is the longest river whose pool is located exclusively in North Carolina.
Content
- 1 Geography
- 2 History
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Geography
Typical North Carolina Coastal Plains River. News enters the floodplain of swamp marshes in front of his mouth. An interesting exception to News is the presence of a relatively narrow neck at 30 m (Cliffs News) near Goldsboro , which the river broke through in limestone and sandy sediments. The river is characterized by strong seasonal fluctuations in runoff. At the same time, during the rainy season, News is subject to floods, and during drought - to severe shallowing.
It flows in 6 districts. Major cities near News: Durham , News, Raleigh (the capital of North Carolina), Smithfield, Goldsboro , Kinston and New Bern .
History
The floodplain of the river has been the home of Aboriginal civilizations for several millennia. Along the banks of the river, many traces of prehistoric Native American settlements were discovered. Archaeological research has shown several waves of Indian tribes in this area.
The river was named by the European colonists by its name neusik (Neusick) from the local Native American tribe of neusiok (Neusiok), with whom Walter Raleigh's early expeditions contacted. This is one of the three oldest Native American names preserved in the United States [1] .
In 1865, during the Civil War , Confederate forces burned one of their last battleships, Ram Neuse , so that it would not be captured by the Unionists . The level in the river dropped to such a level that the ship could not go downstream. Only a hundred years later, he was rediscovered and raised in 1963. Currently located at Governor Caswell Memorial in Kinston.
Notes
- ↑ Stewart, George R. Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States. - 1st. - Random House, 1945 .-- P. 21, 22.