Falls Creek Tributary to Deep River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Moore Chatham |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Bear Creek divide |
• location | Pond about 1 mile northwest of Harpers Crossroads, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°34′49″N 079°28′46″W / 35.58028°N 79.47944°W[1] |
• elevation | 505 ft (154 m)[2] |
Mouth | Deep River |
• location | about 0.25 miles southeast of High Falls, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°28′51″N 079°30′40″W / 35.48083°N 79.51111°W[1] |
• elevation | 275 ft (84 m)[2] |
Length | 10.80 mi (17.38 km)[3] |
Basin size | 14.34 square miles (37.1 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Deep River |
• average | 18.31 cu ft/s (0.518 m3/s) at mouth with Deep River[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Rocky River → Deep River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Deep River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Twelve Oaks Lane, NC 902, NC 42, Falls Creek Church Road, Wilson Road, River Road |
Falls Creek is a 10.80 mi (17.38 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Deep River in Moore and Chatham Counties, North Carolina.