Long Branch is a stream in
Georgia
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, and is a tributary of the
Chestatee River
The Chestatee River (variant spellings Chestatie, Chestetee, Chostatee, Chosteta, Chestotee; none in modern use) is a file geodatabase (GDB) at ftp://rockyftp.cr.usgs.gov/vdelivery/Datasets/Staged/Hydro/FileGDB101/ river in the Appalachian Mounta ...
. The creek is approximately long.
[ file geodatabase (GDB) at ftp://rockyftp.cr.usgs.gov/vdelivery/Datasets/Staged/Hydro/FileGDB101/]
Course
Long Branch
rises in southeastern
Lumpkin County
Lumpkin County is a county in the Northeast region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,488. Its county seat is Dahlonega. Lumpkin County is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, Georgia metropo ...
, just south of the intersection of
State Route 52 and
State Route 115, east of
Dahlonega
Dahlonega ( ) is the county seat of Lumpkin County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 5,242, and in 2018 the population was estimated to be 6,884.
Dahlonega is located at the north end of Georgia h ...
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The creek heads southwest in an almost completely straight line parallel to and immediately adjacent to State Route 115, which is named Long Branch Road from its crossing with the Chestatee River to its terminus at
U.S. Route 19
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. Long Branch picks up two unnamed branches from the east on its way to the Chestatee, and joins the river at the intersection of
U.S. Route 19
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State Route 60
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State Route 115 south of Dahlonega, where US 19/SR 60 curve to the west to head to Dahlonega, and SR 155/Long Branch Road heads northeast.
Sub-watershed details
The creek
watershed
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and associated waters is designated by the
United States Geological Survey
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as sub-
watershed
Watershed may refer to:
Hydrology
* Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
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HUC 031300010604, is named the Long Branch-Chestatee River sub-watershed, and drains an area of approximately 15 square miles southeast and south of Dahlonega. The sub-watershed has an unusual shape in the form of the capital letter U, with the right arm of the U being formed by Long Branch, and the left arm being formed by the Chestatee River south of its confluence with
Yahoola Creek.
The Chestatee also receives the waters of
Cane Creek, Ralston Branch, Town Creek (not to be confused with
Town Creek, the much longer tributary to the Chestatee River), and Bells Branch, along with 6 unnamed branches, before it departs the sub-watershed at its
confluence
In geography, a confluence (also ''conflux'') occurs where two or more watercourses join to form a single channel (geography), channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main ...
with Long Creek.
See also
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Water Resource Region
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South Atlantic-Gulf Water Resource Region
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Etymology
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Apalachicola basin
The Apalachicola–Chattahoochee–Flint River Basin (the ACF River Basin) is the drainage basin, or watershed, of the Apalachicola River, Chattahoochee River, and Flint River (Georgia), Flint River, in the Southeastern United States.
This area ...
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Long Branch (Chestatee River)
Long Branch is a stream in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, and is a tributary of the Chestatee River. The creek is approximately long. file geodatabase (GDB) at ftp://rockyftp.cr.usgs.gov/vdelivery/Datasets/Staged/Hydro/FileGDB101/
Course
Long ...
Rivers of Lumpkin County, Georgia