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The Tar River is a river that is approximately 215 miles long, in northeast North Carolina flowing generally southeast to an estuary of Pamlico Sound. The Tar River becomes the tidal Pamlico River once it passes under the U.S. Highway 17 Bridge in Washington, North Carolina.
  • Country: United States
  • State: North Carolina
  • Region: South
  • Cities: Louisburg, North Carolina, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Tarboro, North Carolina, Greenville, North Carolina, Washington, North Carolina
  • Source: a freshwater spring
  • Mouth: Pamlico Sound (as the Pamlico River)
  • Length: 346 km (215 mi)
Data from: en.wikipedia.org