identifies 17 major river basins in NC and provides maps illustrating their boundaries at http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/basinwide/basin_maps.htm . The river basins are listed as follows: Broad , Cape Fear , Catawba , Chowan , French Broad , Hiwassee , Little Tennessee , Lumber , Neuse , New , Pasquotank , Roanoke , Savannah, Tar-Pamlico