| North Prong Creek | rises in SE Guilford County and flows NE into Alamance County, where it enters Stinking Quarter Creek. |
| North Prong Ellijay Creek | rises in E Macon County and flows SW into Ellijay Creek. |
| North Prong Horse Branch | rises in central Duplin County and flows SE into Northeast Cape Fear River. |
| North Prong Lewis Fork Creek | rises in W Wilkes County and flows SE approx. 9 mi. to join South Prong Lewis Fork Creek in forming Lewis Fork Creek. Yates Mountain lies between the two prongs. |
| North Prong Roaring River | rises in N Wilkes County and flows SE to join Middle Prong Roaring River in forming Roaring River. |
| North Prong Turkey Creek | rises in N Transylvania County and flows S to join South Prong Turkey Creek in forming Turkey Creek. |
| North Prong [Clarks Creek] | rises in N Mecklenburg County and flows SE to join South Prong in forming Clarks Creek. |
| North River | rises in Dismal Swamp, E Camden County and flows S approx. 18 mi. into Albemarle Sound. For a part of its course, it forms the boundary between Camden and Currituck Counties. Above Thoroughfare Island it is sometimes known as Indiantown Creek. Shown as Potaskike River on the Comberford map, 1657, but as North River on the Ogilby map, 1671, and subsequent maps. |
| North River | about 10 mi. long, rises in central Carteret County and flows S into Back Sound and The Straits in SE Carteret County. Appears on the Moseley map, 1733. |
| North River Pocosin | along the W shore of North River in S Camden County. |