Little Brown Creek is a long 3rd order tributary to Brown Creek in

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. This creek is located on the left bank of Brown Creek and is different than the one on the right bank located downstream.

Course

Little Brown Creek rises about 8 miles south of Marshville, North Carolina. Little Brown Creek then flows southeast to meet Brown Creek about 8 miles south-southeast of

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Watershed

Little Brown Creek drains of area, receives about 48.4 in/year of precipitation, has a

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of 426.99 and is about 42% forested.

References

Rivers of North Carolina Rivers of Anson County, North Carolina Tributaries of the Pee Dee River {{NorthCarolina-river-stub