Green River (North Carolina)

Green River Tributary to Broad River
Upper Green River during low flow below Lake Summit, North Carolina
Location of Green River mouth
Location
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
Counties	Henderson Polk Rutherford
Physical characteristics
Source	divide between Green River and French Broad River
• location	about 0.25 miles east of Green River Gap
• coordinates	35°09′47″N 082°35′06″W / 35.16306°N 82.58500°W / 35.16306; -82.58500[1]
• elevation	2,720 ft (830 m)
Mouth	Broad River
• location	about 0.5 miles upstream of Pores Ford Bridge
• coordinates	35°15′29″N 081°58′10″W / 35.25806°N 81.96944°W / 35.25806; -81.96944[1]
• elevation	720 ft (220 m)
Length	58.2 mi (93.7 km)[2]
Basin size	241.02 square miles (624.2 km2)
Discharge
• location	Broad River
• average	520.59 cu ft/s (14.741 m3/s) at mouth with Broad River[3]
Basin features
Progression	northeast then southeast
River system	Broad River
Tributaries
• left	Long Rock Branch Uncles Creek Falls Creek Meetinghouse Creek Rock Creek Joe Creek Vernon Creek Freeman Creek Laurel Creek Beek Creek Hill Branch Mill Creek Hungry River Pulliam Creek Gadd Creek Laurel Branch Brights Creek Panther Creek Rotten Creek Britten Creek Walnut Creek
• right	South Prong Green River Shoal Branch Bear Wallow Creek Aaron Creek Phillips Creek Falling Creek Terry Creek Davis Creek Jones Creek Camp Creek Cove Creek Little Cove Creek Silver Creek Wheat Creek White Oak Creek
Waterbodies	Lake Summit Lake Adger

The Green River is a dam-release river that flows through the mountains of North Carolina, south of Asheville.^[4] The Green has numerous tributaries, but much of its water flows from a confluence with Big Hungry Creek. The Green River is itself a tributary of the Broad River. The river is dammed to form Lake Summit, in Tuxedo, North Carolina, and Lake Adger near Mill Spring, NC. The Green River is named for its deep green color but runs brown after heavy rains.