Bar Branch (Sandy Creek Tributary)
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Bar Branch is a long 1st order tributary to Sandy Creek in
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Course

Bar Branch rises about 2 miles west of
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and then flows northeast to join Sandy Creek about 1 mile southwest of
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Watershed

Bar Branch drains of area, receives about 45.3 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 347.97, and is about 53% forested.


See also

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List of Virginia Rivers This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Virginia. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries, arranged in the order of their confluence from mouth to source, indented under each larger stream's nam ...


References

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