Wide Mouth Branch is a long 3rd order tributary to Lanes Creek in

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. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.

Course

Wide Mouth Branch rises in a pond on the northeast side of

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in Union County. Wide Mouth Branch then flows east-southeast into

Anson County Anson County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,055. Its county seat is Wadesboro. History The county was formed in 1750 from Bladen County. It was named for George Anson, Ba ...

to meet Lanes Creek about 0.5 miles west of

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Watershed

Wide Mouth Branch drains of area, receives about 48.1 in/year of precipitation, has a

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of 447.40 and is about 23% forested.

References

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