title: Line Creek (Deep River tributary)
text: # Line Creek (Deep River tributary)
  
  Line Creek is a 2.93 mi (4.72 km) long 1st order tributary to the Deep River in Chatham County, North Carolina. This stream straddles the Moore-Chatham County line in its lower reach, hence the name.
  
  ## Course
  
  Line Creek rises in a pond about 3 miles northwest of Carbonton, North Carolina in Chatham County and then flows easterly to the Moore-Chatham County line to join the Deep River at Carbonton.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Line Creek drains 2.20 square miles (5.7 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 47.7 in/year of precipitation, and has a wetness index of 392.93 and is about 64% forested.
  
  