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Red Clay Creek Tributary to White Clay Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | New Castle |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | confluence of East and West Branches of Red Clay Creek |
• location | Southridge, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 39°49′04″N 075°41′33″W / 39.81778°N 75.69250°W[1] |
• elevation | 200 ft (61 m)[2] |
Mouth | White Clay Creek |
• location | Stanton, Delaware |
• coordinates | 39°42′29″N 075°38′45″W / 39.70806°N 75.64583°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[2] |
Length | 12.7 mi (20.4 km)[3] |
Basin size | 54.53 square miles (141.2 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• average | 74.57 cu ft/s (2.112 m3/s) at mouth with White Clay Creek[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | White Clay Creek → Christina River → Delaware River → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean[3] |
River system | Christina River |
Landmarks | Mount Cuba |
Tributaries | |
• left | East Branch Red Clay Creek Burrows Run |
• right | West Branch Red Clay Creek Hyde Run |
Red Clay Creek is a 12.7-mile-long (20.4 km) tributary of White Clay Creek, running through southeastern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware in the United States.[5][6] As of 2000, portions of the creek are under wildlife habitat protection.
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