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Wet Sleeve Creek is a long 2nd order tributary to the
Banister River The Banister River is a tributary of the Dan River, about 65 mi (105 km) long, in southern Virginia in the United States. Via the Dan, it is part of the watershed of the Roanoke River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean. It rises on ...
in
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. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.


Course

Wet Sleeve Creek rises in a pond about 0.25 miles northeast of
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and then flows south and then east to join the
Banister River The Banister River is a tributary of the Dan River, about 65 mi (105 km) long, in southern Virginia in the United States. Via the Dan, it is part of the watershed of the Roanoke River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean. It rises on ...
about 0.5 miles north of
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.


Watershed

Wet Sleeve Creek drains of area, receives about 46.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 346.31, and is about 51% 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

Rivers of Virginia Rivers of Pittsylvania County, Virginia Tributaries of the Roanoke River {{Virginia-river-stub