Mountain Branch Tributary to Aarons Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Virginia |
County | Halifax |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | unnamed tributary to Big Mountain Branch divide |
• location | pond about 3 miles northeast of Virgilina, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°35′54″N 078°44′59″W / 36.59833°N 78.74972°W [1] |
• elevation | 470 ft (140 m) [2] |
Mouth | |
• location | about 1.5 miles west of Nelson, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°33′48″N 078°43′58″W / 36.56333°N 78.73278°W [1] |
• elevation | 358 ft (109 m) [2] |
Length | 0.96 mi (1.54 km) [3] |
Basin size | 0.33 square miles (0.85 km2) [4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Aarons Creek |
• average | 0.51 cu ft/s (0.014 m3/s) at mouth with Aarons Creek [4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Aarons Creek → Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Roanoke River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | none |
Mountain Branch is a 0.96 mi (1.54 km) long 1st order tributary to Aarons Creek in Halifax County, Virginia.
Mountain Branch rises in a pond about 3 miles northeast of Virgilina, Virginia, and then flows east to join Aarons Creek about 1.5 miles west of Nelson. [2]
Mountain Branch drains 0.33 square miles (0.85 km2) of area, receives about 45.5 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 354.52, and is about 40% forested. [4]