Browns Branch Tributary to Murderkill River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | Kent |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Nanticoke River divide |
• location | about 1 mile south of Harrington, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°53′45″N 075°33′50″W / 38.89583°N 75.56389°W[1] |
• elevation | 58 ft (18 m)[2] |
Mouth | Murderkill River |
• location | about 1 mile south-southwest of Frederica, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°59′12″N 075°28′32″W / 38.98667°N 75.47556°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[2] |
Length | 10.27 mi (16.53 km)[3] |
Basin size | 23.02 square miles (59.6 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Murderkill River |
• average | 28.70 cu ft/s (0.813 m3/s) at mouth with Murderkill River[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Murderkill River → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Murderkill River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Indian Branch |
• right | Ward Branch |
Waterbodies | McColley Pond |
Bridges | Corn Crib Road, Cluckey Drive, DE 14, Jackson Ditch Road (x2), Killens Pond Road, Sandbox Road, Canterbury Road, Fork Landing Road |
Browns Branch is a 10.27 mi (16.53 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Murderkill River in Kent County, Delaware.