| Meherrin River Tributary to theChowan River | |
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 Chowan Riverwatershed | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia North Carolina |
| County | Hertford (NC) Northampton (NC) Southampton (VA) Greensville (VA) Brunswick (VA) Mecklenburg (VA) Lunenburg (VA) |
| City | Emporia, Virginia Murfreesboro, North Carolina |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | confluence of South Meherrin River and North Meherrin River |
| • location | Reekes Mill, Virginia |
| • coordinates | 36°49′11″N078°16′32″W / 36.81972°N 78.27556°W /36.81972; -78.27556[1] |
| • elevation | 258 ft (79 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Chowan River |
• location | about 0.5 miles north of Chowan Beach, North Carolina |
• coordinates | 36°25′54″N076°56′53″W / 36.43167°N 76.94806°W /36.43167; -76.94806[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[3] |
| Length | 143.37 mi (230.73 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 1,601.05 square miles (4,146.7 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Chowan River |
| • average | 1,565.82 cu ft/s (44.339 m3/s) at mouth withChowan River[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Chowan River →Albemarle Sound[4] |
| River system | Chowan River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | North Meherrin River, Mason Creek, Crooked Creek, Flat Rock Creek, Stony Creek, Aaron Creek, Shining Creek, Briery Branch, Flat Branch, Saddletree Creek, Totaro Creek, Great Creek, Robinson Creek, Reedy Creek, Greensville Creek, Metcalf Branch, Caney Branch, Big Branch, Buckhorn Swamp, Burnt Reeds Swamp |
| • right | South Meherrin River, Buckhorn Creek, Piney Creek, Mountain Creek, Smith Creek, Taylors Creek, Evans Creek, Genito Creek, Hays Creek, Allen Creek, Coldwater Creek, Big Branch, Brandy Creek, Lightfoot Creek, Millpond Creek, Douglas Run, Falling Run, Fountains Creek, Cypress Creek, Kirbys Creek,Worrell Mill Swamp,Potecasi Creek |
| Bridges | Oral Oaks Road, North Whittles Mill Road, Craig Mill Road, VA 138, Dixie Bridge Road, I-85, US 1, US 58, Robinson Ferry Road, Meherrin Beach Road, VA 46, Iron Bridge Road, Western Mill Road, I-95, Main Street, Hicksford Avenue, Little Texas Road, NC 186, Branches Bridge Road, NC 35, Boones Bridge Road, US 258, |
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TheMeherrin River is a 143.37 mi (230.73 km) long river inVirginia andNorth Carolina in theUnited States. It is a sixth-ordertributary of theChowan River, which it joins inHertford County, North Carolina.
The river was named after theMeherrin Indians, whose territory was along it.[citation needed] According to theGeographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as the:[1]
The Meherrin River forms at the confluence of the North Meherrin River and South Meherrin River atReekes Mill, Virginia, then flows southeastward into North Carolina to join the Chowan River about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) north of Chowan Beach in Hertford County, North Carolina.[3] A 20-foot (6.1 m) highdam on the river creates areservoir inEmporia, Virginia.[citation needed] For most of its length, the Meherrin is not large enough for commercial traffic, but it widens somewhat betweenMurfreesboro, North Carolina, and the Chowan. Prior to theAmerican Civil War (1861–1865), this wider section of the river was a significant trading route forNortheastern North Carolina.
The Meherrin Riverdrainage basin includes an area of 1,601.05 square miles (4,146.7 km2), receives an average of about 46.3 inches (1,176 mm) of precipitation per year, has awetness index of 495.22, and is about 46%forested.[5]
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