James Branch (Broad Creek tributary)
Stream in Delaware, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stream in Delaware, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Branch is a 10.97 mi (17.65 km) long tributary to Records Pond (Broad Creek) that rises in northern Wicomico County, Maryland and flows north into Sussex County, Delaware. James Branch is listed as a state-protected paddling trail by Delaware.[5]
James Branch Tributary to Broad Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware Maryland |
Counties | Sussex Wicomico |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | divide between James Branch and Wicomico River |
• location | about 3 miles east of Delmar, Delaware[1] |
• coordinates | 38°27′36″N 075°30′14″W[2] |
• elevation | 55 ft (17 m)[1] |
Mouth | Records Pond (Broad Creek) |
• location | Laurel, Delaware[1] |
• coordinates | 38°33′21″N 075°32′46″W[2] |
• elevation | 3 ft (0.91 m)[1] |
Length | 10.97 mi (17.65 km)[3] |
Basin size | 70.1 square miles (182 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Records Pond (Broad Creek) |
• average | 84.31 cu ft/s (2.387 m3/s) at mouth with Records Pond[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | west |
River system | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Old Forge Branch |
• right | Figgs Ditch Morris Branch Wards Branch Hitch Pond Branch Gordon Branch |
Waterbodies | Ellis Pond Trussum Pond |
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