Tussocky Branch | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Gravelly Branch |
Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Delaware#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Tussocky Branch mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Tussocky Branch mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Delaware |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Sussex |
Length: | 2.55miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Gravelly Branch (Collins Pond) |
Discharge1 Avg: | 2.89cuft/s at mouth with Gravelly Branch[2] |
Source1: | Gully Camp Ditch divide |
Source1 Location: | about 1 mile east of Gully Camp, Delaware |
Source1 Coordinates: | 38.7408°N -75.5189°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 40feet[4] |
Mouth: | Gravelly Branch |
Mouth Location: | about 0.25 miles east of Coverdale Crossroads, Delaware |
Mouth Coordinates: | 38.7161°N -75.525°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 29feet[5] |
Progression: | Gravelly Branch → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Waterbodies: | Collins Pond |
Bridges: | Chaplins Chapel Road, Russell Road |
Tussocky Branch is a 2.55miles long 1st order tributary to Gravelly Branch in Sussex County, Delaware.
Tussocky Branch rises on the Gully Camp Ditch divide about 1 mile east of Gully Camp, Delaware, and then flows south to join Gravelly Branch about 0.25 miles east of Coverdale Crossroads.[5]
Tussocky Branch drains of area, receives about 45.0 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 718.06, and is about 16% forested.[2]