title: Great Coharie Creek (Black River tributary)
text: # Great Coharie Creek (Black River tributary)
  
  Great Coharie Creek is a 48.88 mi (78.66 km) long 5th order tributary to the Black River in Sampson County, North Carolina.
  
  ## Variant names
  
  According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:
  
  * Cohary Swamp
  
  ## Course
  
  Great Coharie Creek rises on the Sevenmile Creek divide in northern Sampson County and then flows south to form the Black River with Six Runs Creek (Six Run Creek) about 3 miles southeast of Ingold.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Great Coharie Creek drains 379.27 square miles (982.3 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 49.0 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 571.73 and is about 14% forested.
  
  