Wide Mouth Branch
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| Wide Mouth Branch Tributary to Lanes Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Wide Mouth Branch mouth  Wide Mouth Branch (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Anson Union |
| City | Marshville |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Salem Creek divide |
| • location | pond on the northeast side of Marshville, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 35°00′22″N 080°21′02″W / 35.00611°N 80.35056°W[1] |
| • elevation | 552 ft (168 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Lanes Creek |
• location | about 0.5 miles west of Peachland, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 34°59′08″N 080°17′27″W / 34.98556°N 80.29083°W[1] |
• elevation | 368 ft (112 m)[2] |
| Length | 4.41 mi (7.10 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 4.28 square miles (11.1 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Lanes Creek |
| • average | 5.14 cu ft/s (0.146 m3/s) at mouth with Lanes Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Lanes Creek → Rocky River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Pee Dee River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Old Peachland Road, Gaddy Road, Curtis Lane, US 74 |
Wide Mouth Branch is a 4.41 mi (7.10 km) long 3rd order tributary to Lanes Creek in Anson County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]