Rowanty Creek facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Rowanty Creek |
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Other name(s) | Tributary to Nottoway River |
Country | United States |
State | Virginia |
County | Sussex Prince George Dinwiddie |
Physical characteristics | |
Main source | confluence of Hatcher Run and Gravelly Run about 4 miles east of Dinwiddie, Virginia about 98 feet 37°05′40″N 077°28′25″W / 37.09444°N 77.47361°W |
River mouth | confluence of Rowanty Creek and Nottoway River about 2 miles northeast of Stony Creek, Virginia 50 feet amsl 36°58′17″N 077°20′46″W / 36.97139°N 77.34611°W |
Length | 22 km/14 miles |
Basin features | |
Progression | southeast |
River system | Nottoway River |
Tributaries |
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Bridges | Dinwiddie County 669 Dinwiddie County 703 US 301 I-95 Sussex County 602 |
Rowanty Creek is a 14-mile long creek that is a tributary to the Nottoway River in southeastern Virginia. It is formed at the confluence of Hatcher Run and Gravelly Run.
Course
Rowanty Creek flows southeast from its confluence source in a braided swamp. Along the way, it encounters a few constrictions that narrow the floodplain. A number of swamps are connected together near its mouth with the Nottoway River.
Geology
Rowanty Creek flows its entire distance through Coastal Plain alluvium. However, the two runs that form the creek start in Petersburg Granite that is part of the Piedmont.
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