Green River (North Carolina)
The Green River is a dam-release river that flows through the mountains of North Carolina, south of Asheville. The Green has numerous tributaries, but much of its water flows from a confluence with Big Hungry Creek. The Green River is itself a tributary of the Broad River. The river is dammed to form Lake Summit, in Tuxedo, North Carolina, and Lake Adger near Mill Spring, NC. The Green River is named for its deep green color but runs brown after heavy rains.
| Green River Tributary to Broad River | |
|---|---|
Upper Green River during low flow below Lake Summit, North Carolina | |
Location of Green River mouth | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| Counties | Henderson Polk Rutherford |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Green River and French Broad River |
| • location | about 0.25 miles east of Green River Gap |
| • coordinates | 35°09′47″N 082°35′06″W |
| • elevation | 2,720 ft (830 m) |
| Mouth | Broad River |
• location | about 0.5 miles upstream of Pores Ford Bridge |
• coordinates | 35°15′29″N 081°58′10″W |
• elevation | 720 ft (220 m) |
| Length | 58.2 mi (93.7 km) |
| Basin size | 241.02 square miles (624.2 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Broad River |
| • average | 520.59 cu ft/s (14.741 m3/s) at mouth with Broad River |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | northeast then southeast |
| River system | Broad River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Long Rock Branch Uncles Creek Falls Creek Meetinghouse Creek Rock Creek Joe Creek Vernon Creek Freeman Creek Laurel Creek Beek Creek Hill Branch Mill Creek Hungry River Pulliam Creek Gadd Creek Laurel Branch Brights Creek Panther Creek Rotten Creek Britten Creek Walnut Creek |
| • right | South Prong Green River Shoal Branch Bear Wallow Creek Aaron Creek Phillips Creek Falling Creek Terry Creek Davis Creek Jones Creek Camp Creek Cove Creek Little Cove Creek Silver Creek Wheat Creek White Oak Creek |
| Waterbodies | Lake Summit Lake Adger |
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