Lumber River
The Lumber River, sometimes referred to as the Lumbee River, is a 133-mile-long river in south-central North Carolina in the flat Coastal Plain. Due to its number of whirlpools European settlers called the river Drowning Creek, which is still used as the name of its headwater.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in South and North Carolina (USA)
- Also known as: “Drowning Creek” and “Lumbee River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nichols and Mullins.
Nichols
Town
Nichols is a town in Marion County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 368 at the 2010 census. Nichols is situated 3 miles north of Lumber River.
Mullins
Town
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Mullins is a city in Marion County, South Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 4,663. Incorporated on March 4, 1872, Mullins was named after Col. Mullins is situated 5 miles west of Lumber River.
Lumber River
- Category: body of water
- Location: Marion County, South Carolina, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lumber River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر الخشب”
- Arabic: “نهر لومبر”
- Asturian: “Ríu Lumber”
- Catalan: “Lumber”
- Cebuano: “Lumber River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر الخشب”
- French: “Lumber River”
- German: “Lumber River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Lumber”
- Venetian: “Lumber”
- Welsh: “Afon Lumber”
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