Cedar Creek Tributary to Delaware Bay | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | Sussex Kent |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Gum Branch divide |
• location | about 1 mile west of Hudson Pond Acres, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°48′57″N 075°27′17″W / 38.81583°N 75.45472°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[2] |
Mouth | Delaware Bay |
• location | Mispillion Light, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°56′52″N 075°18′48″W / 38.94778°N 75.31333°W[1] |
• elevation | 55 ft (17 m)[2] |
Length | 16.09 mi (25.89 km)[3] |
Basin size | 50.01 square miles (129.5 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Delaware Bay |
• average | 61.80 cu ft/s (1.750 m3/s) at mouth with Delaware Bay[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Delaware Bay |
Tributaries | |
• left | Beaverdam Branch |
• right | Church Branch Slaughter Creek |
Bridges | North Union Church Road, US 113, DE 213, Greentop Road, Clendaniel Pond Road, Fleatown Road, DE 30, DE 1, Bay Avenue (DE 36) |
Cedar Creek is a 16.09 mi (25.89 km) long 4th order tributary to Delaware Bay in Sussex and Kent Counties, Delaware.