Ghent Creek is a long 4th order tributary to the
Hyco River
The Hyco River (Tutelo: Hiḳaatmani:) is a tributary of the Dan River, which is a tributary of the Roanoke River. All three rivers flow through the U.S. states of North Carolina and Virginia. In Person County, North Carolina the Hyco River is ...
in
Person County, North Carolina
Person County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 39,097 as of the 2020 census. The county seat is Roxboro.
Person County is included in the Durham-Chapel Hill Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is al ...
. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.
Variant names
According to the
Geographic Names Information System
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories, Antarctica, and the associated states of ...
, it has also been known historically as:
*Ghents Creek
Course
Ghent Creek rises in a pond about 0.5 miles northwest of Five Forks, North Carolina, and then flows northeast to join the Hyco River about 4 miles north-northwest of Woodsdale.
Watershed
Ghent Creek drains of area, receives about 46.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 379.32, and is about 52% forested.
References
Rivers of North Carolina
Rivers of Person County, North Carolina
Tributaries of the Roanoke River
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