title: Cane Creek (Haw River tributary, left bank)
text: # Cane Creek (Haw River tributary, left bank)
  
  Cane Creek is a 13.74 mi (22.11 km) long 4th order tributary to the Haw River, in Alamance and Orange Counties, North Carolina. This Cane Creek is on the left bank of the Haw River.
  
  ## Course
  
  Cane Creek rises on the divide between Cane Creek and Crabtree Creek (Eno River) about 2 miles east of Buckhorn, North Carolina in Orange County, North Carolina. Cane Creek then flows southwest meet the Haw River about 2 miles east of Eli Whitney in Alamance County.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Cane Creek drains 39.25 square miles (101.7 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 46.9 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 415.16 and is about 59% forested.
  
  