Back Creek (Rocky River tributary)
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Back Creek is a 11.59 mi (18.65 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Rocky River in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
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Back Creek Tributary to Rocky River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Cabarrus Mecklenburg |
City | Harrisburg Charlotte |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Reedy Creek divide |
• location | northeast Charlotte, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°15′48″N 080°43′50″W[1] |
• elevation | 800 ft (240 m)[2] |
Mouth | Rocky River |
• location | about 1.5 miles southeast of Pharrs Mill, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 35°18′59″N 080°35′44″W[1] |
• elevation | 518 ft (158 m)[2] |
Length | 18.58 mi (29.90 km)[3] |
Basin size | 40.11 square miles (103.9 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Rocky River |
• average | 17.59 cu ft/s (0.498 m3/s) at mouth with Rocky River[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Rocky River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Pee Dee River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | Fuda Creek |
Bridges | Grier Road, NC 24, S Devon Street, Rocky River Road, Back Creek Road, NC 24, McLean Road, Katherine Kiker Road, Back Creek Church Road, I-485, Caldwell Park Road, Robinson Church Road, Hickory Ridge Road, Raging Ridge Road, Pharr Mill Road |
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