Wright Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Nanticoke River |
Image Alt: | Wright Creek from Nanticoke Wildlife Area |
Map Size: | 200 |
Pushpin Map: | Delaware#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 200 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Wright Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Wright Creek mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Maryland Delaware |
Subdivision Type3: | Counties |
Subdivision Name3: | Sussex Dorchester |
Length: | 4.07miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Nanticoke River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 6.04cuft/s at mouth with Nanticoke River[2] |
Source1: | divide between Wright Creek and Turtle Branch |
Source1 Location: | about 3 miles west of Woodland, Delaware[3] |
Source1 Coordinates: | 38.5617°N -75.7011°W[4] |
Source1 Elevation: | 34feet[5] |
Mouth: | Nanticoke River |
Mouth Location: | about 1 mile east of Galestown, Maryland[6] |
Mouth Coordinates: | 38.6119°N -75.6931°W[7] |
Mouth Elevation: | 0feet[8] |
Progression: | Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Nanticoke River |
Basin Size: | [9] |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Wright Creek is a 5.25miles long tributary to the Nanticoke River that rises in western Sussex County, Delaware. The creek straddles the Delaware state line for most of its course and is tidal for about half of its length.