Broad Mouth Branch

Stream in North Carolina, USA

Broad Mouth Branch

Tributary to Deep River

Location of Broad Mouth Branch mouth

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Broad Mouth Branch (the United States)

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Location
Country| United States
State| North Carolina
County| Randolph
Physical characteristics
Source| Back Branch divide
• location| Pond about 2.5 miles northeast of Coleridge, North Carolina
• coordinates| 35°40′32″N 079°35′41″W﻿ / ﻿35.67556°N 79.59472°W﻿ / 35.67556; -79.59472[1]
• elevation| 605 ft (184 m)[2]
Mouth| Deep River

• location

| about 1.5 miles north of Coleridge, North Carolina

• coordinates

| 35°39′53″N 079°37′21″W﻿ / ﻿35.66472°N 79.62250°W﻿ / 35.66472; -79.62250[1]

• elevation

| 399 ft (122 m)[2]
Length| 2.69 mi (4.33 km)[3]
Basin size| 2.15 square miles (5.6 km2)[4]
Discharge|
• location| Deep River
• average| 2.80 cu ft/s (0.079 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| Troy Caverness Road, NC 22

Broad Mouth Branch is a 2.69 mi (4.33 km) long 1st order tributary to the Deep River in Randolph, North Carolina. This is the only stream with this name in the United States according to the US Geological Survey.

## Course

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Broad Mouth Branch rises in a pond on the Back Branch divide about 2.5 miles northeast of Coleridge, North Carolina in Randolph County, North Carolina and then flows southwesterly to join the Deep River about 1 mile north of Coleridge, North Carolina.[2]

## Watershed

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Broad Mouth Branch drains 2.15 square miles (5.6 km2) of area, receives about 47.3 in/year of precipitation, and has a wetness index of 383.09 and is about 50% forested.[4]

## See also

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* List of rivers of North Carolina

## References

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1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Broad Mouth Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
2. ^ a b c "Richland Creek Topo Map in Randolph". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
4. ^ a b c "Broad Mouth Branch Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 26 August 2020.

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