<Tr> <Th> Length </Th> <Td> 130 mi (210 km) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Northeast Cape Fear River is a blackwater river tributary of the Cape Fear River, approximately 130 mi (209 km) long, in southeastern North Carolina in the United States . </P> <P> It rises in southeast Wayne County, appromiately 10 mi (16 km) south of Goldsboro and flows south, past Albertson, Hallsville, and Chinquapin . In Pender County near the Atlantic coast, it passes along the west side of Angola Swamp and Holly Shelter Swamp . It joins the Cape Fear River on the north end of Wilmington, forming an estuary that emerges at Cape Fear . The lower 50 mi (80 km) of the river is tidal . </P> <P> The river and its valley are home to a variety of interesting and uncommon flora and fauna, including the palmetto, cypress, alligator, pileated woodpecker, venus flytrap, and bowfin . </P>

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