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 | NORTH CAROLINA, one of the South Atlantic states of the U.S., bordered on the N by Virginia, on the E by the Atlantic Ocean, on the S by South Carolina and Georgia, and on the W by Tennessee. |
| North Carolina has some of the most striking contrasts in physical geography of any state in the E half of the U.S. It has an area of 139,397 sq km (53,821 sq mi), making it the 28th largest of the U.S. states; 7.1% of its land area is owned by the federal government. |
| North Carolina is one of the least urbanized states in the nation; in 1990 about 50% of all North Carolinians lived in areas defined as urban and the rest lived in rural areas. |
| New River (North Carolina) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (167 words) |
| For the river in that flows from Ashe County through Virginia to the Kanawha River in West Virginia, see New_River_(West_Virginia). |
| The New River is a 50 mi (80 km) long river in southeastern North Carolina in the United States. |
| The Intercoastal Waterway crosses the entrance of the river between the coast and the barrier island. |
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