<p>Name:______Date:______Core:____</p><p>The Neuse River Basin</p><p>Physical Characteristics</p><p>• The Neuse River Basin stretches ______miles from ______to the ______.</p><p>• The Neuse River is the ______in NC and the widest in America (__ miles at the mouth).</p><p>• The Neuse River is ____ million years old.</p><p>• The Neuse River has been affected by floods, ______, ______and a toxic aquatic organism.</p><p>• Major tributaries include ______, ______, and ______creeks as well as the ______, ______and ______rivers.</p><p>• The Neuse River turns ______at New Bern and becomes a ____ mile long tidal estuary that empties into the ______.</p><p>• The Neuse River Basin is the ______largest basin in NC.</p><p>Living Organisms</p><p>• The Neuse River feeds one of the nation’s ______and most ______estuaries (the Albemarle-Pamlico Sound).</p><p>• The Albemarle-Pamlico estuary system is a ______for ______% of the commer- cial ______species caught in NC.</p><p>• The Neuse River is a ______are for shad, herring, striped bass, etc… • Important recreational and commercial species of the Neuse River include ______, bass, ______, blue crabs, ______and oysters.</p><p>• The Neuse River is home to many species of freshwater ______and 2 rare ______species.</p><p>• The dwarf ______and the Tar River ______also live in the Neuse River and are considered endangered.</p><p>• The Eno River contains the only known NC population of the rare panhandle ______. • Another significant animal resident is the Neuse River ______(an aquatic sala- mander that is found nowhere else in the world outside of the Neuse & Tar-Pamlico river basins.)</p><p>• Other rare organisms include the Roanoke ______, the Carolina ______, the shortnose ______, the leatherback ______, Kemp’s Ridley ______, the West Indian ______and the redcockaded ______.</p><p>Water Quality</p><p>• A big threat to the water quality in the lower Neuse River are large quantities of ______, especially ______primarily from “______” sources.</p><p>• ______and ______-washed from lawns, urban developed areas, farm fields and hog farms contribute ____ % of the nitrogen and phosphorus overload.</p><p>• Water quality is also being affected by “______” pollution from more than ______sites that are allowed to dump treated wastewater into streams and rivers.</p><p>• In 1997, there was a statewide moratorium on the creation of new ______farms so re- searchers could investigate their effect on water quality and examine alternative technologies to handle their waste.</p><p>• The “Neuse Rules” are among the first in the country regulating ______and ______sources or nutrients.</p><p>• The rules require property owners to protect ____-foot strips of land covered with trees, shrubs and other vegetation known as ______-along streams, rivers, lakes and estuaries.</p><p>• Deep-rooted plants prevent ______and ______out nutrients in runoff that would otherwise flow into streams.</p><p>• Certain industries and municipalities must jointly reduce their ______source waste- water ______into the river. </p><p>• ______major cities in the river basin must now limit ______runoff in new developments and are required to reduce ______runoff from ______, ______and other large areas of fertilized land.</p><p>• Although ______pollution has been the most publicized issue, ______growth and ______contribute to increased ______runoff throughout the basin. • As ______and lawns replace natural ______and woodlands, rain and melting snow race over land more ______, carrying ______and enter- ing streams at a ______speed.</p><p>• The ______(Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill) was home to about ______people in 1970; that population has now surpassed ______.</p><p>• By 2020, Wake County is expected to have over ______residents.</p><p>*Please write any other facts or notes you feel are important about the Neuse River Basin!!</p>