Gulf Creek Tributary to Cape Fear River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Chatham County |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Buckhorn Creek divide |
• location | about 2 miles north of Corinth, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°35′55″N 078°59′20″W / 35.59861°N 78.98889°W[1] |
• elevation | 248 ft (76 m)[2] |
Mouth | Cape Fear River |
• location | about 0.5 miles south of Brickhaven, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°33′16″N 079°01′43″W / 35.55444°N 79.02861°W[1] |
• elevation | 151 ft (46 m)[2] |
Length | 4.20 mi (6.76 km)[3] |
Basin size | 8.33 square miles (21.6 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Cape Fear River |
• average | 8.39 cu ft/s (0.238 m3/s) at mouth with Cape Fear River[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Cape Fear River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Corinth Road |
Gulf Creek is a 4.20 mi (6.76 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Chatham County, North Carolina.