List of rivers of North Carolina

This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries alphabetically indented under each larger stream's name.

Chowan and lower Roanoke drainage basins
Pamlico and Neuse drainage basins
Cape Fear River
Yadkin–Pee Dee River Basin
Santee drainage basin
French Broad drainage basin
New River drainage basin