Pungo River
The Pungo River is a short blackwater river in eastern North Carolina, United States. It originally began in the Great Dismal Swamp in Washington County, North Carolina; the upper part of the river has since been supplanted by the Pungo River Canal, dug in the 1950s to improve drainage of local farmland.- Stream
- Also known as“Machaponga River”“Machapounga River”
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
35.38656° or 35° 23′ 12″ north
Longitude
-76.54271° or 76° 32′ 34″ west
Open location code
87759FP4+JW
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