East Branch Christina River Tributary to Christina River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware Maryland Pennsylvania |
County | New Castle (DE) Cecil (MD) Chester (PA) |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Christina River divide |
• location | about 0.25 miles northwest of Strickersville, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 39°44′18″N 075°48′20″W / 39.73833°N 75.80556°W[1] |
• elevation | 375 ft (114 m)[2] |
Mouth | Christina River |
• location | Covered Bridge Farms, Delaware |
• coordinates | 39°42′02″N 075°47′09″W / 39.70056°N 75.78583°W[1] |
• elevation | 161 ft (49 m)[2] |
Length | 2.96 mi (4.76 km)[3] |
Basin size | 2.03 square miles (5.3 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Christina River |
• average | 2.89 cu ft/s (0.082 m3/s) at mouth with Christina River[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Christina River → Delaware River → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean[3] |
River system | Christina River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Strickersville Road, Elbow Lane, Little Egypt Road, Harvest Lane, Wedgewood Road, Covered Bridge Lane |
East Branch Christina River is a 2.96-mile-long (4.76 km) first-order tributary to the Christina River in New Castle County, Delaware in the United States.