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Avents Creek is a 7.60 mi (12.23 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Harnett County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States. The lower reaches flow through Raven Rock State Park.

Avents Creek
Tributary to Cape Fear River
Location of Avents Creek Creek mouth
Avents Creek (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyHarnett County
Physical characteristics
SourceBuckhorn Creek divide
  locationPond in Duncan, North Carolina
  coordinates35°32′23″N 078°53′55″W[1]
  elevation430 ft (130 m)[2]
MouthCape Fear River
  location
about 5 miles west of Kipling, North Carolina
  coordinates
35°28′28″N 078°54′42″W[1]
  elevation
119 ft (36 m)[2]
Length7.60 mi (12.23 km)[3]
Basin size14.64 square miles (37.9 km2)[4]
Discharge 
  locationCape Fear River
  average16.29 cu ft/s (0.461 m3/s) at mouth with Cape Fear River[4]
Basin features
ProgressionCape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean
River systemCape Fear River
Tributaries 
  leftunnamed tributaries
  rightMill Creek
BridgesOakridge River Road, Cokesbury Road, River Road

Course


Avents Creek rises in a pond in Duncan, North Carolina and then flows southwest to join the Cape Fear River about 5 miles west of Kipling, North Carolina.[2]


Watershed


Avents Creek drains 14.64 square miles (37.9 km2) of area, receives about 46.9 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 403.31 and is about 50% forested.[4]


See also





References


  1. "GNIS Detail - Avents Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  2. "Avents Creek Topo Map in Harnett". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  3. "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  4. "Avents Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 5 September 2020.



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