Green Branch (Marshyhope Creek tributary)
Appearance
Green Branch Tributary to Marshyhope Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | Kent |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Webber Branch divide |
• location | Melvin Crossroads, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°54′41.41″N 075°42′42.75″W / 38.9115028°N 75.7118750°W[1] |
• elevation | 60 ft (18 m)[1] |
Mouth | Marshyhope Creek |
• location | about 1.5 miles northeast of Adamsville, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°51′3.41″N 075°40′7.74″W / 38.8509472°N 75.6688167°W[1] |
• elevation | 36 ft (11 m)[1] |
Length | 6.60 mi (10.62 km)[2] |
Basin size | 6.49 square miles (16.8 km2)[3] |
Discharge | |
• location | Marshyhope Creek |
• average | 7.81 cu ft/s (0.221 m3/s) at mouth with Marshyhope Creek[3] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Marshyhope Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean[2] |
River system | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Pear Tree Lane, Layton Corners Road, DE 14, Greenville Road, Gallo Road |
Green Branch is a 6.60 mi (10.62 km) long second-order tributary to Marshyhope Creek in Kent County, Delaware.
Course
[edit]Green Branch rises on the Webber Branch divide at Melvin Crossroads and then flows generally south to join Marshyhope Creek about 1.5 miles northeast of Adamsville, Delaware.[1]
Watershed
[edit]Green Branch drains 6.49 square miles (16.8 km2) of area, receives about 44.8 in/year of precipitation, and is about 5.60% forested.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- ^ a b "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Green Branch Watershed Report". watersgeo.epa.gov. US EPA. Retrieved March 3, 2023.