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Pick Breeches Creekrises in NE Watauga County and flows SE into Rube Creek.
Pick's SlidingSee Somerset.
Pickards MountainSW Orange County on the head of Morgan Creek.
Pickens GapNW Swain County on the S end of Jenkins Trail Ridge.
Pickens Nosemountain in S Macon County between Betty Creek and Dryman Fork. Alt. approx. 4,900.
Picket Branchrises in NE Cherokee County and flows SE and SW into Valley River.
Picketts Bayan arm of White Oak River N of Swansboro, SE Onslow County between Muddy Creek and Mount Pleasant Point.
PicksSee Somerset.
Picture Creekrises in SW Granville County and flows SW into Knap of Reeds Creek.
Piedmontor extends from the Fall Line, which see, on the E to the Blue Ridge Mountains on the w. In elevation, the area ranges from approx. 500 ft. above sea level on the E to 1,500 ft. on the w. Rolling hills and stiff clay soil are characteristic of the Piedmont. The Indians knew the region as Tar-ko-ee (Catawba Land; Under Hills).