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Stream in North Carolina, USA
Avents Creek
Tributary to Cape Fear River
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Location
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyHarnett County
Physical characteristics
SourceBuckhorn Creek divide
 • locationPond in Duncan, North Carolina
 • coordinates35°32′23″N 078°53′55″W / 35.53972°N 78.89861°W / 35.53972; -78.89861
 • elevation430 ft (130 m)
MouthCape Fear River
 • locationabout 5 miles west of Kipling, North Carolina
 • coordinates35°28′28″N 078°54′42″W / 35.47444°N 78.91167°W / 35.47444; -78.91167
 • elevation119 ft (36 m)
Length7.60 mi (12.23 km)
Basin size14.64 square miles (37.9 km)
Discharge 
 • locationCape Fear River
 • average16.29 cu ft/s (0.461 m/s) at mouth with Cape Fear River
Basin features
ProgressionCape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean
River systemCape Fear River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightMill Creek
BridgesOakridge River Road, Cokesbury Road, River Road

Avents Creek is a 7.60 mi (12.23 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Harnett County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States. The lower reaches flow through Raven Rock State Park.

Course

Avents Creek rises in a pond in Duncan, North Carolina and then flows southwest to join the Cape Fear River about 5 miles west of Kipling, North Carolina.

Watershed

Avents Creek drains 14.64 square miles (37.9 km) of area, receives about 46.9 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 403.31 and is about 50% forested.

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ "GNIS Detail - Avents Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Avents Creek Topo Map in Harnett". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  3. "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Avents Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 5 September 2020.

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