Bowes Branch
Bowes Branch is a 3.68 mi (5.92 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Hyco River in Halifax County, Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.
| Bowes Branch Tributary to Hyco River | |
|---|---|
Location of Bowes Branch mouth Bowes Branch (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia North Carolina |
| County | Halifax (VA) Person (NC) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | unnamed tributary to Mayo Creek divide |
| • location | about 1 mile northeast of Bethel Hill, North Carolina |
| • coordinates | 36°30′58″N 078°54′25″W |
| • elevation | 550 ft (170 m) |
| Mouth | Hyco River |
• location | about 2 miles east of Harmony, Virginia |
• coordinates | 36°33′35″N 078°55′57″W |
• elevation | 328 ft (100 m) |
| Length | 3.68 mi (5.92 km) |
| Basin size | 4.51 square miles (11.7 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Hyco River |
| • average | 5.75 cu ft/s (0.163 m3/s) at mouth with Hyco River |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Hyco River → Dan River → Roanoke River → Albemarle Sound |
| River system | Roanoke River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | US 501 |
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