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

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

Course

Little Brown Creek rises in a pond about 3 miles north of Lowry, North Carolina. Little Brown Creek then flows north to meet Brown Creek about 0.5 miles southeast of

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Watershed

Little Brown Creek drains of area, receives about 48.0 in/year of precipitation, has a

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of 432.95 and is about 69% forested.

References

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