the dividing line between Coastal Plain and Piedmont North Carolina where the soft sedimentary soils of the Coastal Plain meet the hard rocks of the Piedmont. It often is marked in streams by falls and rapids. The fall line runs W of Wilson and E of Sanford in an irregular progression N and s.

S Watauga County, extends S in Watauga Township and causes a bend in Boone Fork.

community in W Jackson County on Cullowhee Creek.

rises in N Franklin County and flows SW into Tooles Creek.

See Thoroughfare Swamp.

central Lenoir County.

SW Watauga County on the head of Watauga River.

rises in W Haywood County, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, near lat. 35°36'56" N., long. 83°10'40" W. Flows NE to join Beech Creek in forming Palmer Creek. Named when an overhanging rock cliff on a stream where hunters, fishermen, and others camped fell after being heated by a big campfire. One person was killed and others were injured.

See Deep Creek.

rises in S Yancey County and flows W into Cane River.