| Shorts Ditch | |
| Name Other: | Tributary to Deep Creek |
| Map Size: | 180 |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Delaware#USA |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 180 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Shorts Ditch mouth |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Shorts Ditch mouth location |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Delaware |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | Sussex |
| Length: | 2.14miles[1] |
| Discharge1 Location: | Deep Creek |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 3.08cuft/s at mouth with Deep Creek[2] |
| Source1: | Gravelly Branch divide |
| Source1 Location: | about 2.5 miles southeast of Coverdale Crossroads, Delaware |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 38.6997°N -75.4983°W[3] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 35feet[4] |
| Mouth: | Deep Creek |
| Mouth Location: | about 0.5 miles northeast of Old Furnace, Delaware |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 38.6736°N -75.5053°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 20feet[5] |
| Progression: | southwest |
| River System: | Nanticoke River |
| Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
| Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges: | Cokesbury Road |
Shorts Ditch is a 2.14miles long 1st order tributary to Deep Creek in Sussex County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[3]
Shorts Ditch rises on the Gravelly Branch divide 2.5 miles southeast of Coverdale Crossroads, and then flows southwest to join Deep Creek about 0.5 miles northeast of Old Furnace.[5]
Shorts Ditch drains of area, receives about 45.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 738.93, and is about 22% forested.[2]