Parker Branch Tributary to Gum Branch | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | Sussex |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Beaver Dam Branch divide |
• location | about 2 miles west-southwest of Ellendale, Delaware[2] |
• coordinates | 38°48′17″N 075°29′06″W / 38.80472°N 75.48500°W[1] |
• elevation | 45 ft (14 m)[2] |
Mouth | Gum Branch |
• location | about 3 miles southwest of Ellendale, Delaware[3] |
• coordinates | 38°46′34″N 075°30′43″W / 38.77611°N 75.51194°W[1] |
• elevation | 36 ft (11 m)[3] |
Length | 3.21 mi (5.17 km)[4] |
Basin size | 2.35 square miles (6.1 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Gum Branch |
• average | 2.94 cu ft/s (0.083 m3/s) at mouth with Gum Branch[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Gum Branch → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean[4] |
River system | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Oakley Road |
Parker Branch is a 3.21 mi (5.17 km) long 1st order tributary to Gum Branch in Sussex County, Delaware.