title: Dry Branch (Whitethorn Creek tributary, left bank)
text: # Dry Branch (Whitethorn Creek tributary, left bank)
  
  Dry Branch is a 3.79 mi (6.10 km) long 2nd order tributary to Whitethorn Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
  
  ## Course
  
  Dry Branch rises at Chalk Level, Virginia and then flows south-southeast to join Whitethorn Creek about 0.5 miles southwest of Markham.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Dry Branch drains 6.07 square miles (15.7 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 45.3 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 522.22, and is about 51% forested.
  
  