Gravelly Branch Tributary to Nanticoke River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | Sussex |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Ellendale Swamp on Sowbridge Branch divide |
• location | about 1 mile south-southeast of Ellendale, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°48′20″N 075°24′35″W / 38.80556°N 75.40972°W[1] |
• elevation | 45 ft (14 m)[2] |
Mouth | Nanticoke River |
• location | about 2 miles northeast of Middleford, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°41′11″N 075°33′21″W / 38.68639°N 75.55583°W[1] |
• elevation | 3 ft (0.91 m)[3] |
Length | 13.12 mi (21.11 km)[4] |
Basin size | 39.09 square miles (101.2 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Nanticoke River |
• average | 47.77 cu ft/s (1.353 m3/s) at mouth with Nanticoke River[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Gravelly Ditch |
• right | Prong Number One Smith-Short and Willin Ditch Tussocky Branch |
Waterbodies | Collins Pond |
Bridges | Saw Mill Road (x2), US 113, W Robbins Road, Redden Road, Deer Forest Road, DE 18-404, Coverdale Road |
Gravelly Branch is a 13.12 mi (21.11 km) long 4th order tributary to the Nanticoke River in Sussex County, Delaware.