Haw River
| Haw (Hau) | |
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 Convergence of the Haw River and Great Alamance Creek in Swepsonville, NC
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| Name origin: Eastern Sioux | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | North Carolina |
| Regions | Forsyth County, North Carolina, Guilford County, North Carolina, Alamance County, North Carolina, Chatham County, North Carolina |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Troublesome Creek, Little Troublesome Creek, Giles Creek, Stoney Creek, Boyds Creek, Back Creek, Haw Creek, New Hope Creek, Shaddox Creek |
| - right | Benaja Creek, Rose Creek (NC), Reedy Fork Creek, Servis Creek, Great Alamance Creek, Varnals Creek, Mary's Creek, Cane Creek (NC), Terrell Creek, Robertsons Creek |
| Cities | Haw River, North Carolina, Swepsonville, North Carolina |
| Landmark | Jordan Lake |
| Source | |
| - location | Near Kernersville, Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States |
| - elevation | 1,007 ft (307 m) |
| - coordinates | 36°8′55″N 80°2′28.4″W / 36.14861°N 80.041222°W |
| Mouth | Cape Fear River |
| - elevation | 154 ft (47 m) |
| - coordinates | 35°35′46.2″N 79°3′9.1″W / 35.596167°N 79.052528°WCoordinates: 35°35′46.2″N 79°3′9.1″W / 35.596167°N 79.052528°W |
| Length | 110 mi (177 km) |
| Basin | 1,707 sq mi (4,421 km2) |
 Map of the Cape Fear drainage basin showing Haw River
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The Haw River is a tributary of the Cape Fear River, approximately 110 mi (177 km) long, that is entirely contained in north central North Carolina in the United States. It was first documented as the "Hau River" by John Lawson, an English botanist, in his 1709 book "A New Voyage to Carolina." The name is shortened from Saxapahaw, from the Catawban /sak'yápha:/, "piedmont, foothill", from /sak/, "hill", plus /yápha:/, "step". The river gives its name to a small town that formed on its banks.
The Haw rises in the Piedmont country, in northeast Forsyth County, near the border with Guilford County just north of Kernersville. The river flows northeast, passing north of Oak Ridge and Summerfield into southern Rockingham County, passing through Haw River State Park, north of Greensboro. The river then begins to flow southeast as it moves through the corner of Guilford County into Alamance County.
In Alamance County, the Haw flows through Ossipee and passes north of Burlington, and through the unincorporated community of Carolina. It goes through the town of Haw River. It flows south and is joined by Great Alamance Creek at Swepsonville and continues on to Saxapahaw. The river forms the southeast border of Alamance County, a border shared by Orange County and Chatham County.
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