Bowle Spring Branch
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| Bowle Spring Branch Tributary to Stokes Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Bowle Spring Branch mouth  Bowle Spring Branch (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Halifax |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Jerimy Creek divide |
| • location | pond about 1.5 miles west of Cluster Springs, Virginia |
| • coordinates | 36°37′17″N 078°57′32″W / 36.62139°N 78.95889°W[1] |
| • elevation | 482 ft (147 m)[1] |
| Mouth | |
• location | about 1 mile north-northwest of Cluster Springs, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°38′27″N 078°56′17″W / 36.64083°N 78.93806°W[1] |
• elevation | 375 ft (114 m)[2] |
| Length | 1.86 mi (2.99 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 1.37 square miles (3.5 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Stokes Creek |
| • average | 1.83 cu ft/s (0.052 m3/s) at mouth with Stokes Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Stokes Creek → Lawsons Creek → Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Roanoke River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | none |
Bowle Spring Branch is a 1.86 mi (2.99 km) long 1st order tributary to Stokes Creek in Halifax County, Virginia.
Bowle Spring Branch rises in a pond about 1,5 miles west of Cluster Springs, Virginia, and then flows northeast to join Stokes Creek about 1 mile north-northwest of Cluster Springs.[2]
Watershed
Bowle Spring Branch drains 1.37 square miles (3.5 km2) of area, receives about 45.7 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 416.04, and is about 59% forested.[4]
