| Little River | |
| Name Other: | Tributary to Cape Fear River |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Little River mouth |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | Moore Hoke Cumberland Harnett |
| Length: | 71.14miles[1] |
| Discharge1 Location: | Cape Fear River |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 475.13cuft/s at mouth with Cape Fear River[2] |
| Source1: | Jackson Creek divide |
| Source1 Location: | pond about 0.25 miles north of West End, North Carolina |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 35.2444°N -79.5647°W[3] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 535feet[4] |
| Mouth: | Cape Fear River |
| Mouth Location: | about 2 miles east of Linden, North Carolina |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 35.2569°N -78.7033°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 56feet |
| Progression: | Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
| River System: | Cape Fear River |
| Tributaries Left: | Wads Creek Crane Creek Buffalo Creek Turkey Creek Hector Creek Jumping Run Creek Anderson Creek Stewarts Creek |
| Tributaries Right: | Nicks Creek Mill Creek James Creek Horse Creek Flat Creek Deep Creek Little Creek Cypress Creek McPherson Creek Tank Creek Gibsons Creek |
| Waterbodies: | Thagards Lake |
| Bridges: | Carthage Road, McKenzies Mill Road, Beulah Hill Church Road, Murdocksville Road, US 15-501, NC 22, McCaskill Road, Rays Bridge Road, Country Club Blvd., Niagara-Carthage Road, Holly Street, US 1, Long Point Road, Lakebay Road, Morrison Bridge Road, NC 24, E Manchester Road, NC 210, McCormick Bridge Road, W Reeves Bridge Road, US 401, NC 217 |
Little River is a 71.14miles long 5th order tributary to the Cape Fear River in North Carolina. This stream delineates the county boundaries of Moore-Hoke Counties and Harnett-Cumberland Counties for some of its distance.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[3]
Little River rises in a pond on the Jackson Creek divide about 0.25 miles north of West End in Moore County, North Carolina. Little River then flows easterly to meet the Cape Fear River about 2 miles east of Linden in Cumberland and Harnett Counties.[4]
Little River drains of area, receives about 47.1 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 431.94 and is about 47% forested.[2]