| Uwharrie River Tributary to Pee Dee River | |
|---|---|
 The Coggins Low-water Bridge over the Uwharrie River. | |
  Location of Uwharrie River mouth  Uwharrie River (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Montgomery Randolph |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Uwharrie River and Abbotts Creek |
| • location | pond in High Point, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 35°55′15″N 080°01′14″W / 35.92083°N 80.02056°W[1] |
| • elevation | 855 ft (261 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Pee Dee River |
• location | across river from Morrow Mountain State Park |
• coordinates | 35°22′51″N 080°03′29″W / 35.38083°N 80.05806°W[1] |
• elevation | 272 ft (83 m)[2] |
| Length | 61.84 mi (99.52 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 387.94 square miles (1,004.8 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Pee Dee River |
| • average | 393.64 cu ft/s (11.147 m3/s) at mouth with Pee Dee River[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Pee Dee |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Caraway Creek Betty McGees Creek Silver Run Creek Hannahs Creek Mill Creek Walkers Creek Lakes Creek Duncombe Creek Barnes Creek Spencer Creek Hall Branch Cedar Creek Dutchmans Creek |
| • right | Little Uwharrie River Jackson Creek Toms Creek Second Creek Twomile Creek Laniers Creek Narrows Branch Crow Creek Horsepen Creek Moccasin Creek Gold Mine Branch |
| Bridges | Old Mendenhall Road, Sunset View Drive Ext., Mendenhall Road, Surrett Drive, NC 62, I-85, Meadowbrook Drive, Millers Mill Road, Kennedy Road, Thayer Road, Snyder Country Road, Covered Bridge Road, US 64, Jackson Creek Road, Old NC 49, NC 49, Waynick Meadow Road, High Pine Church Road, Burney Mill Road, Low Water Bridge Road, NC 109, |
The Uwharrie River (/uˈwɑːriː/) is a 61.84 mi (99.52 km) long river, in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina in the United States. It is a tributary of the Pee Dee River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean.
- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Uwharrie River". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Uwharrie River Topo Map, Montgomery County NC (Badin Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Uwharrie River Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 19 November 2019.