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Green PondSee Highs Crossroads.
Green RidgeS Haywood County between Tom Creek and Green Creek.
Green Riverrises in SW Henderson County and flows NE into Polk County, where it turns SE to enter Broad River on the Polk-Rutherford county line. Lake Summit in Henderson County and Lake Adger in Polk County are on Green River. The Peter Guice Bridge on Interstate 26 across the river is the second-highest bridge in the eastern United States after the New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia.
Green Rivercommunity in E Polk County between Mill Creek and Whiteoak Creek.
Green River Gapon the Henderson-Polk county line. Alt. 2,700. Green River rises nearby.
Green River TownshipS Henderson County.
Green SwampNW Brunswick and E Columbus Counties, an area of approx. 140 sq. mi. of peat and muck timberland. In 1795 the state of North Carolina granted 170,120 acres there to Benjamin Rowell, William Collins, and Stephen Williams. See also River View Community.
Green SwampN Pender County between Angola Bay and Northeast Cape Fear River, drains SW into Northeast Cape Fear River.
Green Topmountain peak in SW Buncombe County between Rich Knob and Yellow Gap.
Green Valleythe valley through which Round Hill Branch flows in NW Buncombe County.