Waxhaw Branch

{{short description|Stream in North Carolina, USA}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Waxhaw Branch

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| name_other = Tributary to Lanes Creek

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| pushpin_map = USA North Carolina#USA

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Waxhaw Branch mouth

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = United States

| subdivision_type2 = State

| subdivision_name2 = North Carolina

| subdivision_type3 = County

| subdivision_name3 = Union

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| length = {{convert|5.61|mi|km|abbr=on}}{{cite web |title=ArcGIS Web Application |url=https://epa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=ada349b90c26496ea52aab66a092593b |website=epa.maps.arcgis.com |publisher=US EPA |accessdate=24 October 2020}}

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| discharge1_location = Lanes Creek

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| discharge1_avg = {{convert|8.02|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}} at mouth with Lanes Creek{{cite web |title=Waxhaw Branch Watershed Report |url=https://watersgeo.epa.gov/watershedreport/?comid=9204191 |website=US EPA Geoviewer |publisher=US EPA |accessdate=24 October 2020}}

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| source1 = Rays Fork divide

| source1_location = about 5 miles southeast of Rock Rest, North Carolina

| source1_coordinates = {{coord|34|55|27|N|080|26|58|W|display=inline}}{{cite web |title=GNIS Detail - Waxhaw Branch |url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:::NO::P3_FID,P3_TITLE:996881,Waxhaw%20Branch |website=geonames.usgs.gov |publisher=US Geological Survey |accessdate=24 October 2020}}

| source1_elevation = {{convert|598|ft|abbr=on}}{{cite web |title=Cedar Branch Topo Map in Union |url=https://www.topozone.com/north-carolina/union-nc/stream/cedar-branch-37/ |website=TopoZone |publisher=Locality, LLC |accessdate=24 October 2020 |language=en}}

| mouth = Lanes Creek

| mouth_location = about 1.5 miles southeast of Allens Crossroads, North Carolina

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|34|53|26|N|080|23|30|W|display=inline,title}}

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|448|ft|abbr=on}}

| progression = Lanes Creek → Rocky River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean

| river_system = Pee Dee River

| basin_size = {{convert|6.66|sqmi}}

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| tributaries_left = unnamed tributaries

| tributaries_right = unnamed tributaries

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| bridges = Snyder Store Road, Belk Mill Road, Old Pageland Marshvile Road

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Waxhaw Branch is a {{convert|5.61|mi|km|abbr=on}} long 2nd order tributary to Lanes Creek in Union County, North Carolina. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.