Rowanty Creek facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Rowanty Creek
Other name(s)	Tributary to Nottoway River
Country	United States
State	Virginia
County	Sussex Prince George Dinwiddie
Physical characteristics
Main source	confluence of Hatcher Run and Gravelly Run about 4 miles east of Dinwiddie, Virginia about 98 feet 37°05′40″N 077°28′25″W / 37.09444°N 77.47361°W / 37.09444; -77.47361
River mouth	confluence of Rowanty Creek and Nottoway River about 2 miles northeast of Stony Creek, Virginia 50 feet amsl 36°58′17″N 077°20′46″W / 36.97139°N 77.34611°W / 36.97139; -77.34611
Length	22 km/14 miles
Basin features
Progression	southeast
River system	Nottoway River
Tributaries	Left: Hatcher Run Picture Branch Rocky Branch Arthur Swamp Warren Swamp Right: Gravelly Run Little Cattail Creek Health Meadows Branch Fox Branch Harvells Branch Bolling Swamp Galley Swamp
Bridges	Dinwiddie County 669 Dinwiddie County 703 US 301 I-95 Sussex County 602

Rowanty Creek is a 14-mile long creek that is a tributary to the Nottoway River in southeastern Virginia. It is formed at the confluence of Hatcher Run and Gravelly Run.

Course

Rowanty Creek flows southeast from its confluence source in a braided swamp. Along the way, it encounters a few constrictions that narrow the floodplain. A number of swamps are connected together near its mouth with the Nottoway River.

Geology

Rowanty Creek flows its entire distance through Coastal Plain alluvium. However, the two runs that form the creek start in Petersburg Granite that is part of the Piedmont.