Looking a little closer to CPCC, let\'s take a look at the Catawba River, our ci

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Looking a little closer to CPCC, let's take a look at the Catawba River, our city's main supply of freshwater. B. Use Google Earth to navigate to Charlotte, NC. The Catawba River is just west of the city of Charlotte. What general direction is the river flowing in this region? A. North B. East C. South D. West C. Zoom in to an eye altitude of about 5 mi (25,000 feet) on the stretch of the Catawba River just west of the Charlotte International Airport. Find the first two lakes downstream of the Catawba River from this location. Name both lakes. Why are these lakes located where they are?

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B) B. South

The Catawba River begins on the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge mountains in McDowell Country.It flows east and then south into Lake Wylie on the North Carolina- South Carolina Border

C) Lake Wylie and Mountain Island Lake

These are the two lakes downstream of the Catawba river from the mentioned location

Lake Wylie is located on a peninsula along the shore of Lake Wylie in the Piedmont of both North and South Carolina.Thees lakes are formed by the stream flow of the Catawba River and the downstream

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