Reason Branch Tributary to Rocky River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Union |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Gold Branch divide |
• location | pond about 1 mile west of New Salem, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°07′52″N 80°24′06″W / 35.13111°N 80.40167°W[1] |
• elevation | 545 ft (166 m)[2] |
Mouth | Rocky River |
• location | about 3 miles north-northwest of New Salem, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°09′55″N 80°23′21″W / 35.16528°N 80.38917°W[1] |
• elevation | 338 ft (103 m)[2] |
Length | 3.04 mi (4.89 km)[3] |
Basin size | 3.85 square miles (10.0 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Rocky River |
• average | 4.00 cu ft/s (0.113 m3/s) at mouth with Rocky River[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Rocky River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Pee Dee |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | Bull Branch |
Bridges | Morgan Academy Road |
Reason Branch is a 3.04 mi (4.89 km) long 1st order tributary to the Rocky River in Union County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.