title: Dry Branch (Whitethorn Creek tributary, right bank)
text: # Dry Branch (Whitethorn Creek tributary, right bank)
  
  Dry Branch is a 3.67 mi (5.91 km) long 2nd order tributary to Whitethorn Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
  
  ## Course
  
  Dry Branch rises in a pond about 0.5 miles southeast of Sheva, Virginia and then flows generally northeast to join Whitethorn Creek about 1 mile southwest of Markham.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Dry Branch drains 2.45 square miles (6.3 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 45.4 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 545.50, and is about 36% forested.
  
  