title: Big Branch (Haw River tributary)
text: # Big Branch (Haw River tributary)
  
  Big Branch is a 2.78 mi (4.47 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Haw River, in Alamance County, North Carolina.
  
  ## Course
  
  Big Branch rises west-northwest of Mandale in Alamance County, North Carolina and then flows east to the Haw River about 1.5 miles northeast of Mandale.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Big Branch drains 3.10 square miles (8.0 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 47.1 in/year of precipitation, and has a wetness index of 426.73 and is about 47% forested.
  
  