Big Governors Creek
Big Governors Creek is a 13.71 mi (22.06 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Deep River in Lee and Moore Counties, North Carolina. This creek forms the Lee-Moore county line, in part and is the only stream of this name in the United States.
| Big Governors Creek Tributary to Deep River | |
|---|---|
Location of Big Governors Creek mouth Big Governors Creek (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Lee Moore |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Herds Creek divide |
| • location | about 0.5 miles southwest of White Hill, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 35°22′15″N 079°18′25″W |
| • elevation | 465 ft (142 m) |
| Mouth | Deep River |
• location | about 1.5 miles southeast of Haw Branch, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°28′39″N 079°21′35″W |
• elevation | 226 ft (69 m) |
| Length | 13.71 mi (22.06 km) |
| Basin size | 40.87 square miles (105.9 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Deep River |
| • average | 46.70 cu ft/s (1.322 m3/s) at mouth with Deep River |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Deep River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Deep River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | McIntosh Creek Crawley Creek |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Torchwood Road, Old River Road, Wadsworth Road, Underwood Road, Harrington Road |
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