Wombles Creek Tributary to Cape Fear River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Lee |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | unnamed tributary to Deep River |
• location | about 0.5 miles southwest of Blacknel, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°36′39″N 079°07′18″W / 35.61083°N 79.12167°W[1] |
• elevation | 332 ft (101 m)[2] |
Mouth | Cape Fear River |
• location | about 2 miles southeast of Moncure, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°34′59″N 079°03′05″W / 35.58306°N 79.05139°W[1] |
• elevation | 165 ft (50 m)[2] |
Length | 5.04 mi (8.11 km)[3] |
Basin size | 6.44 square miles (16.7 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Cape Fear River |
• average | 7.81 cu ft/s (0.221 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 | Goat Hill Lane, US 1, Lower Moncure Road, Lower River Road, Cape Fear Lane |
Wombles Creek is a 5.04 mi (8.11 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Lee County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.