Green Branch | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Marshyhope Creek |
Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Delaware#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Green Branch mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Green Branch mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Delaware |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Kent |
Length: | 6.6miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Marshyhope Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 7.81cuft/s at mouth with Marshyhope Creek[2] |
Source1: | Webber Branch divide |
Source1 Location: | Melvin Crossroads, Delaware |
Source1 Coordinates: | 38.9115°N -75.7119°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 60feet |
Mouth: | Marshyhope Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 1.5 miles northeast of Adamsville, Delaware |
Mouth Coordinates: | 38.8509°N -75.6688°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 36feet |
Progression: | Marshyhope Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Pear Tree Lane, Layton Corners Road, DE 14, Greenville Road, Gallo Road |
Green Branch is a 6.6miles long second-order tributary to Marshyhope Creek in Kent County, Delaware.
Green Branch rises on the Webber Branch divide at Melvin Crossroads and then flows generally south to join Marshyhope Creek about 1.5 miles northeast of Adamsville, Delaware.[3]
Green Branch drains of area, receives about 44.8 in/year of precipitation, and is about 5.60% forested.[2]