Point Branch

Point Branch is a 3.45 mi (5.55 km) long first-order tributary to Prospect Branch in Kent County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.^[1]

Point Branch Tributary to Prospect Branch
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Location
Country	United States
State	Delaware
County	Kent
Physical characteristics
Source	Booth Branch divide
• location	about 1-mile southeast of Andrewsville, Delaware
• coordinates	38°51′17.41″N 075°36′48.74″W[1]
• elevation	62 ft (19 m)[1]
Mouth	Prospect Branch
• location	about 1-mile south-southeast of Vernon, Delaware
• coordinates	38°52′46.41″N 075°38′37.74″W[1]
• elevation	39 ft (12 m)[1]
Length	3.45 mi (5.55 km)[2]
Basin size	2.01 square miles (5.2 km2)[3]
Discharge
• location	Prospect Branch
• average	2.49 cu ft/s (0.071 m3/s) at mouth with Prospect Branch[3]
Basin features
Progression	Prospect Branch → Marshyhope Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean[2]
River system	Nanticoke River
Tributaries
• left	unnamed tributaries
• right	unnamed tributaries
Bridges	Andrewville Road, Prospect Church Road

Course

Point Branch rises on the Booth Branch divide about 1-mile southeast of Andrewsville, Delaware, and then flows south and west to join Prospect Branch about 1-mile south-southeast of Vernon, Delaware.^[1]

Watershed

Point Branch drains 2.01 square miles (5.2 km²) of area, receives about 45.2 in/year of precipitation, and is about 1% forested.^[3]

See also

• List of rivers of Delaware