| Uwharrie River | |
| Name Other: | Tributary to Pee Dee River |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Uwharrie River mouth |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | Montgomery Randolph |
| Length: | 61.84miles[1] |
| Discharge1 Location: | Pee Dee River |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 393.64cuft/s at mouth with Pee Dee River[2] |
| Source1: | divide between Uwharrie River and Abbotts Creek |
| Source1 Location: | pond in High Point, North Carolina |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 35.9208°N -80.0206°W[3] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 855feet[4] |
| Mouth: | Pee Dee River |
| Mouth Location: | across river from Morrow Mountain State Park |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 35.3808°N -80.0581°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 272feet |
| Progression: | Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River System: | Pee Dee |
| Tributaries Left: | Caraway Creek Betty McGees Creek Silver Run Creek Hannahs Creek Mill Creek Walkers Creek Lakes Creek Duncombe Creek Barnes Creek Spencer Creek Hall Branch Cedar Creek Dutchmans Creek |
| Tributaries Right: | Little Uwharrie River Jackson Creek Toms Creek Second Creek Twomile Creek Laniers Creek Narrows Branch Crow Creek Horsepen Creek Moccasin Creek Gold Mine Branch |
| Bridges: | Old Mendenhall Road, Sunset View Drive Ext., Mendenhall Road, Surrett Drive, NC 62, I-85, Meadowbrook Drive, Millers Mill Road, Kennedy Road, Thayer Road, Snyder Country Road, Covered Bridge Road, US 64, Jackson Creek Road, Old NC 49, NC 49, Waynick Meadow Road, High Pine Church Road, Burney Mill Road, Low Water Bridge Road, NC 109, |
The Uwharrie River () is a 61.84miles long river, in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina in the United States. It is a tributary of the Pee Dee River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean.
The Uwharrie River rises in northwestern Randolph County, just south of the city of High Point, and flows generally southwardly into northwestern Montgomery County, through the low Uwharrie Mountains and the Uwharrie National Forest. It flows into the Pee Dee River 8 mi (13 km) east of the city of Albemarle as part of the Lake Tillery reservoir, across the Pee Dee from Morrow Mountain State Park. Above the mouth of the Uwharrie, the Pee Dee is known as the Yadkin River.
In its upper course, the Uwharrie collects a minor tributary named the Little Uwharrie River, which flows for a short distance through northwestern Randolph County.
The United States Board on Geographic Names settled on Uharie River as the river's name in 1895, and changed it to "Uwharrie River" in 1940. According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Uwharrie River has also been known as:
|
|