Dry Branch Tributary to Whitethorn Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Virginia |
County | Pittsylvania |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Georges Creek divide |
• location | Chalk Level, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°55′26″N 079°16′17″W / 36.92389°N 79.27139°W[1] |
• elevation | 650 ft (200 m)[2] |
Mouth | |
• location | about 0.5 miles southwest of Markham, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°52′33″N 079°15′04″W / 36.87583°N 79.25111°W[1] |
• elevation | 480 ft (150 m)[3] |
Length | 3.79 mi (6.10 km)[4] |
Basin size | 6.07 square miles (15.7 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Whitethorn Creek |
• average | 7.82 cu ft/s (0.221 m3/s) at mouth with Whitethorn Creek[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Whitethorn Creek → Banister River → Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Roanoke River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | none |
Dry Branch is a 3.79 mi (6.10 km) long 2nd order tributary to Whitethorn Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.