Big Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Marshyhope Creek |
Map Size: | 250 |
Pushpin Map: | Maryland#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Big Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Big Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Maryland |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Dorchester |
Length: | 1.45miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Marshyhope Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 1.41cuft/s at mouth with Marshyhope Creek[2] |
Source1: | This stream begins in a tidal area |
Source1 Location: | about 1 mile west of Riverton, Maryland |
Source1 Coordinates: | 38.5122°N -75.7788°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 0feet |
Mouth: | Marshyhope Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 0.25 miles southeast of Walnut Landing, Maryland |
Mouth Coordinates: | 38.5265°N -75.762°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0feet |
Progression: | Marshyhope Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | none |
Big Creek is a 1.45miles long first-order tributary to Marshyhope Creek in Dorchester County, Maryland.
Big Creek rises about west of Riverton, Maryland in a tidal marsh and then flows northeast to join Marshyhope Creek about southeast of Walnut Landing, Maryland.[3]
Big Creek drains of area, receives about 43.9 in/year of precipitation, and is about 13.51% forested.[2]