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    The Tar River is a river that is approximately 215 miles (346 km) long, in northeast North Carolina flowing generally southeast to an estuary of Pamlico...
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  • Tar Heel (or Tarheel) is a nickname applied to the U.S. state of North Carolina and its people. It is also the nickname of the University of North Carolina...
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    Tar is a dark brown or black viscous liquid of hydrocarbons and free carbon, obtained from a wide variety of organic materials through destructive distillation...
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  • Malaysia Tar, Hungary Tar (Tar-Vabriga), Croatia Tar, Isfahan, Iran Tar Tajik Township, Akto County, Xinjiang, China Tar River, in North Carolina, U.S. Tar (Kyrgyzstan)...
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    The Tar River spiny mussel or Tar River spinymussel (Parvaspina steinstansana) is a species of freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae, the river mussels...
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    traders encountered the indigenous people in this area of the falls of the Tar River beginning in the mid-1700s. Incorporated in 1867, the community continued...
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    The Tar (Irish: An Teara) is a river in County Tipperary, Ireland. It joins the Suir between the towns of Ardfinnan and Newcastle. The Tar's tributaries...
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    1774 the town was moved to its present location on the south bank of the Tar River, three miles (4.8 km) west of its original site. In 1786, the name was...
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  • Tar River Poetry is a literary journal published by East Carolina University (ECU). Published twice a year (fall and spring), the 64-page journal consists...
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    Tar River Transit is the primary provider of mass transportation in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Service runs Monday through Saturday along ten routes...
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    in 1760. Located in a bend of the Tar River, it was an important river port, the head of navigation on the Tar River just east of the fall line of the...
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  • Sugartree Creek Smith River Mayo River Little Dan River Scuppernong River Alligator River Long Shoal River Pamlico River Pungo River Tar River Kennedy Creek Tranters...
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  • The South Tar River Greenway is a 3.1 miles (5.0 km) greenway located in Greenville, North Carolina. The northwest terminus trailhead is located at the...
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    for the video and live album release, Headlights, White Lines, Black Tar Rivers (Best Live). The album reached No. 13 in the UK Albums Chart and a less...
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  • Tar River Railroad was a railroad running from Boykins, Virginia south to Lewiston, North Carolina, a distance of 36 miles. The Roanoke and Tar River...
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    /ˈpæmlɪkoʊ/ River is a tidal river that flows into Pamlico Sound, in North Carolina in the United States. It is formed by the confluence of the Tar River and...
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    Moccasin Creek Pig Basket Creek Sapony Creek Stony Creek Swift Creek Tar River Tar River Reservoir Toisnot Swamp Turkey Creek Franklin County – west Johnston...
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    population was 1,254 residents. The town is on the opposite bank of the Tar River from Tarboro. The city of Rocky Mount is 16 miles (26 km) to the west...
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  • Region, Myanmar. The village lies near the Irrawaddy River in the southwestern corner of the township. Tar Taing has about 80 households and is near the border...
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  • still unrigged, was captured by a boatcrew from USS Louisiana in the Tar River some 5 miles above Washington, North Carolina, on 20 May 1862. The members...
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    0.025 mg/kg N/A Dubois' sea snake Coral Sea, Arafura Sea, Timor Sea, Tar River, and Indian Ocean N/A 0.044 mg/kg N/A Eastern brown snake Australia, Papua...
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    Rocky Mount area. They lived along the Roanoke, Neuse, Tar (Torhunta or Narhontes), and Pamlico rivers. After the 18th-century wars of 1711–1713 (known as...
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  • The Tar (Kyrgyz: Тар Tar, in its upper course Alaykuu Kyrgyz: Алайкуу) is a river in Kara-Kulja District of Osh Region of Kyrgyzstan. It rises on the...
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    Tar Island is an island near the town of Rockport in the Canadian waters of the St. Lawrence River, and a part of the Thousand Islands, a freshwater archipelago...
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  • 1909 Atlanta and Birmingham Air Line Railway, 1909 Atlantic, Suwannee River and Gulf Railway, 1909 Florida West Shore Railway, 1909 Plant City, Arcadia...
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    station, while an adjacent building serves as the bus terminus for the Tar River Transit and as a Greyhound stop. The station is located just south of...
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    Neuse River, Roanoke River, Waccamaw River, and New River exceeded 500-year flood levels, although damage was lower in these areas (compared to the Tar River)...
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    and is located just north of the town limits. Tar Heel is located on the banks of the Cape Fear River. Its major highways are NC 87 and NC 131. Fayetteville...
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  • The 2024–25 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team will represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 2024–25 NCAA Division...
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  • The Pine Tar Incident (also known as the Pine Tar Game) was a controversial incident in 1983 during an American League baseball game played between the...
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