New Hope River Tributary to Haw River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Chatham |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | confluence of New Hope Creek and Morgan Creek |
• location | B. Everett Jordan Lake |
• coordinates | 35°48′37″N 078°59′48″W / 35.81028°N 78.99667°W[1] |
• elevation | 216 ft (66 m)[2] |
Mouth | Haw River |
• location | B. Everett Jordan Lake |
• coordinates | 35°39′28″N 079°04′14″W / 35.65778°N 79.07056°W[1] |
• elevation | 216 ft (66 m)[2] |
Length | 12.19 mi (19.62 km)[3] |
Basin size | 342.98 square miles (888.3 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Haw River |
• average | 377.12 cu ft/s (10.679 m3/s) at mouth with Haw River[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Haw River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Haw River |
Tributaries | |
• left | New Hope Creek Folkner Branch White Oak Creek Beaver Creek |
• right | Morgan Creek Bush Creek Parkers Creek |
Bridges | Farrington Road, US 64 |
New Hope River is a 12.19-mile-long (19.62 km) fifth-order tributary to the Haw River in Chatham County, North Carolina. This river is now entirely flooded as part of B. Everett Jordan Lake. All of the tributaries to the river are present as arms of the lake. New Hope River contributes 21.8% of the total water discharge for the Haw River.