Little River (Cape Fear River tributary)

Little River is a 71.14 mi long 5th order tributary to the Cape Fear River in North Carolina. This stream delineates the county boundaries of Moore-Hoke Counties and Harnett-Cumberland Counties for some of its distance.

Variant names
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:
 * Lower Little River

Course
Little River rises in a pond on the Jackson Creek divide about 0.25 miles north of West End in Moore County, North Carolina. Little River then flows easterly to meet the Cape Fear River about 2 miles east of Linden in Cumberland and Harnett Counties.

Watershed
Little River drains 4248.05 sqmi of area, receives about 47.1 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 431.94 and is about 47% forested.