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River in Delaware, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Herring Run is a 2.26-mile-long (3.64 km) tributary to Blackbird Creek in northern Delaware in the United States.
Herring Run Tributary to Blackbird Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | New Castle |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | On divide between Herring Run and Appoquinimink River |
• location | about 0.5 miles east of Townsend, Delaware |
• coordinates | 39°23′49″N 075°40′33″W[1] |
• elevation | 70 ft (21 m)[2] |
Mouth | Blackbird Creek |
• location | about 0.5 miles east of H&H Corner, Delaware |
• coordinates | 39°23′00″N 075°38′31″W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[2] |
Length | 2.26 mi (3.64 km)[3] |
Basin size | 10.29 square miles (26.7 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Blackbird Creek |
• average | 2.42 cu ft/s (0.069 m3/s) at mouth with Blackbird Creek[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Blackbird Creek → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Delaware River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | DE 1, US 13, Union Church Road |
Herring Run rises east of Townsend in southern New Castle County, Delaware and flows southeast to meet Blackbird Creek east of H&H Corner.
The Herring Run watershed is about 26% forested and 64% agricultural with the rest being other land uses. The watershed receives approximately 43.4 in/year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 602.69.[4]
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