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Place	Description
Catawba River	rises in the Blue Ridge Mountains in SW McDowell County near the Buncombe-McDowell county line. It flows NE through McDowell and E through Burke County; forms successively the Caldwell-Catawba, Alexander-Catawba, Iredell-Catawba, Iredell-Lincoln, Mecklenburg-Lincoln, and Mecklenburg-Gaston county lines. It enters South Carolina W of Charlotte and flows S to join Big Wateree Creek in Wateree Pond to form the Wateree River about 20 mi. above Camden. From its headwaters to the South Carolina line, it flows approx. 150 mi. Catawba was an Indian word that may have meant "people of the river banks" or "people of the river [Catawba] with broken banks." For some of the named fords across the river, see also Beattie's, Cowan's, Island, Sherrills, Tools, and Tuckasege.
Little Catawba River	See South Fork Catawba River.
North Fork [Catawba River]	rises in NE McDowell County and flows S into Lake James on Catawba River.
Old Catawba River	rises at the Catawba River Dam on Lake James and flows SE and NE into Catawba River about 1 mi. SE of Linville Dam in W Burke County.
South Fork Catawba River	is formed in central Catawba County by the junction of Jacob Fork and Henry Fork. It flows S through Catawba County, S across central Lincoln County, and SE through central Gaston County to enter Catawba River in SE Gaston County. Also known locally in various places as South Fork, South Fork River, and Little Catawba River. Appears as South Fork of the Catawba River on the Collet map, 1770.
Warrior Fork [Catawba River]	is formed in W central Burke County by the junction of Irish and Upper Creeks and flows SE into Catawba River.

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