Where Rivers are Born
Season 11 Episode 4 | 27m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
Residents of NC's eastern counties classify rivers as either "brownwater" or "blackwater."
Brownwater rivers are those that begin in the mountains and Piedmont and transport silt and clay particles. Blackwater rivers are generally short, slow-moving rivers that emerge from pocossins in our eastern-most counties, and transport carry acidic, tea-colored water.
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Exploring North Carolina is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
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Where Rivers are Born
Season 11 Episode 4 | 27m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
Brownwater rivers are those that begin in the mountains and Piedmont and transport silt and clay particles. Blackwater rivers are generally short, slow-moving rivers that emerge from pocossins in our eastern-most counties, and transport carry acidic, tea-colored water.
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