The Yadkin River at Elkin, North Carolina

The Yadkin River is the second longest river in North Carolina, surpassed only by the Cape Fear. It rises in the northwestern portion of the state near the Blue Ridge Parkway's Thunder Hill overlook. Several parts of the river are impounded by dams for water, power, and flood control. The river becomes the Pee Dee River at the confluence of the Uwharrie River. The river flows into South Carolina near Cheraw, which is at the fall line where it becomes the Great Pee Dee River. Image File history File links Yadkin_River. ... Image File history File links Yadkin_River. ... Elkin is a town located in Surry County, North Carolina. ... Official language(s) English Capital Largest city Raleigh Charlotte Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 28th 139,509 km² 805 km 240 km 9. ... The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway and All-American Road in the U.S., noted for its scenic beauty. ... DAMS is a racing team from France, involved in many areas of motorsports. ... Shad Fishing in February Pee Dee River, Yauhanna, South Carolina The Pee Dee River, also known as the Great Pee Dee River, is a river in South Carolina. ... // The Uwharrie River (pronounced yoo-WAHR-ee) is a river, about 60 mi (100 km) long, in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina in the United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Columbia Largest city Columbia Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 40th 82,965 km² 320 km 420 km 6 32°430N to 35°12N 78°030W to 83°20W Population  - Total (2000)  - Density Ranked 26th 4,012... Cheraw is a town located in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. ... The fall line has meanings in both geographical features and the sport of alpine skiing. ... The Great Pee Dee River is the lower portion of the Yadkin and Pee Dee of North Carolina. ...

In the upper regions of the river, Moravian settlers from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania began the Wachovia colony in 1753. Between then and the Revolutionary War thousands of settlers came from Pennsylvania. They were of mostly German and Scotch-Irish background. A Moravian can be: an ethnic group a Christian denomination This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Map Political Statistics Founded 1741 County Lehigh and Northampton Counties Mayor John B. Callahan Geographic Statistics Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 50. ... Wachovia Corporation NYSE: WB, based in Charlotte, North Carolina is one of the largest banking chains in the United States. ... 1753 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The American Revolution was a revolution that ended two centuries of rule in Thirteen Colonies of North America by the British Empire and created the modern United States of America. ... Official language(s) None Capital Largest city Harrisburg Philadelphia Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 33rd 119,283 km² 255 km 455 km 2. ... Ulster-Scots is a term mainly used in Ireland and Britain (Scotch-Irish or Scots-Irishis commonly used in North America) primarily to refer to Presbyterian Scots, or their descendents, who migrated from the Scottish Lowlands to Ulster (the northern province of Ireland), largely across the 17th century. ...

The river is extensively used for recreation. Fishing consists mostly of sunfish, catfish, largemouth bass and white bass in the spring and early summer. Canoeing and rafting are also possible. A portion of the river flows through Pilot Mountain State Park. Morrow Mountain State Park and the Uwharrie National Forest are along the banks of the river where the river's name changes to the Pee Dee River. Several kinds of things are named sunfish (or sun-fish): A brand of sailboat Various fishes: Marine fishes: The ocean sunfish (Mola mola) Opah (family Lampridae; two species) The moonfishes of genus Selene (order Perciformes) The African pompano (Alectis ciliaris) (order Perciformes) The spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari), a ray... Families Akysidae Amblycipitidae Amphiliidae Ariidae Aspredinidae Astroblepidae Auchenipteridae Bagridae Callichthyidae Cetopsidae Chacidae Clariidae Claroteidae Cranoglanididae Diplomystidae Doradidae Hypophthalmidae Ictaluridae Lacantuniidae Loricariidae Malapteruridae Mochokidae Nematogenyidae Pangasiidae Parakysidae Pimelodidae Plotosidae Schilbeidae Scoloplacidae Siluridae Sisoridae Trichomycteridae Catfish (order Siluriformes) are a diverse group of fish. ... Binomial name Micropterus salmoides (Lacépède, 1802) The largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) is a species of freshwater fish in the ocean sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. ... The white bass (Morone chrysops) is a freshwater fish of the temperate bass family Moronidae. ... Aluminum canoe, Upper Klamath Lake Canoeing on the Concord River. ... Children successfully test their raft, in Brixham harbour, south Devon, England. ... Pilot Mountain State Park is a state park of the U.S. state of North Carolina. ... Morrow Mountain State Park is a state park of the U.S. state of North Carolina. ... Shad Fishing in February Pee Dee River, Yauhanna, South Carolina The Pee Dee River, also known as the Great Pee Dee River, is a river in South Carolina. ...

Many of the dams on the river create large reservoirs. Some of them are (from upstream to downstream) High Rock Lake, Tuckertown Resevoir, Badin Lake, Lake Tillery, and Blewitt Falls Lake. DAMS is a racing team from France, involved in many areas of motorsports. ... Gelmersee is a reservoir in Switzerland. ... The Tuckertown Resevoir is the lake formed by the Tuckertown Dam at the North end of Badin Lake and the High Rock Dam at the bottom of High Rock Lake. ...

Water supplies for many communities in North and South Carolina are taken from the Yadkin-Pee Dee and during drought years the division of the water is a contentious issue. For example during the drought of 2001-2002, there was talk in Cabarrus County, who's northeastern corner lies only 4 miles from the river, to construct a pipeline to the Yadkin., North Carolina]] is named after the river. Cabarrus County is a county located in the south-central part of the state of North Carolina. ...

See also

• List of North Carolina rivers
• List of South Carolina rivers