Wide Mouth Branch is a 4.41 mi (7.10 km) long 3rd order tributary to Lanes Creek in Anson County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]

Wide Mouth Branch Tributary to Lanes Creek
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Location
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Anson Union
City	Marshville
Physical characteristics
Source	Salem Creek divide
• location	pond on the northeast side of Marshville, North Carolina
• coordinates	35°00′22″N 080°21′02″W[1]
• elevation	552 ft (168 m)[2]
Mouth	Lanes Creek
• location	about 0.5 miles west of Peachland, North Carolina
• coordinates	34°59′08″N 080°17′27″W[1]
• elevation	368 ft (112 m)[2]
Length	4.41 mi (7.10 km)[3]
Basin size	4.28 square miles (11.1 km2)[4]
Discharge
• location	Lanes Creek
• average	5.14 cu ft/s (0.146 m3/s) at mouth with Lanes Creek[4]
Basin features
Progression	Lanes Creek → Rocky River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean
River system	Pee Dee River
Tributaries
• left	unnamed tributaries
• right	unnamed tributaries
Bridges	Old Peachland Road, Gaddy Road, Curtis Lane, US 74

Course

Wide Mouth Branch rises in a pond on the northeast side of Marshville, North Carolina in Union County. Wide Mouth Branch then flows east-southeast into Anson County to meet Lanes Creek about 0.5 miles west of Peachland.[2]

Watershed

Wide Mouth Branch drains 4.28 square miles (11.1 km²) of area, receives about 48.1 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 447.40 and is about 23% forested.[4]

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