Wheeling Branch Tributary to Tussocky Branch | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | Sussex |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Tussocky Branch divide |
• location | about 1 mile southeast of Ralphs, Delaware [2] |
• coordinates | 38°29′04″N 075°37′14″W / 38.48444°N 75.62056°W [1] |
• elevation | 47 ft (14 m) [2] |
Mouth | Tussocky Branch |
• location | about 0.5 miles east of Ralphs, Delaware [3] |
• coordinates | 38°29′59″N 075°37′09″W / 38.49972°N 75.61917°W [1] |
• elevation | 45 ft (14 m) [3] |
Length | 2.45 mi (3.94 km) [4] |
Basin size | 1.32 square miles (3.4 km2) [5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Tussocky Branch |
• average | 1.55 cu ft/s (0.044 m3/s) at mouth with Tussocky Branch [5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Tussocky Branch → Broad Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean [4] |
River system | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Pine Branch Road |
Wheeling Branch is a 2.45 mi (3.94 km) long 1st order tributary to Tussocky Branch in Sussex County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States. [1]
Wheeling Branch rises about 1 mile southeast of Ralphs, Delaware [2] and then flows north-northwest into Tussocky Branch about 0.5 miles east of Ralphs, Delaware. [3]
Wheeling Branch drains 1.32 square miles (3.4 km2) of area, receives about 44.8 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 1,092.57 and is about 11% forested. [5]
Wheeling Branch Tributary to Tussocky Branch | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | Sussex |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Tussocky Branch divide |
• location | about 1 mile southeast of Ralphs, Delaware [2] |
• coordinates | 38°29′04″N 075°37′14″W / 38.48444°N 75.62056°W [1] |
• elevation | 47 ft (14 m) [2] |
Mouth | Tussocky Branch |
• location | about 0.5 miles east of Ralphs, Delaware [3] |
• coordinates | 38°29′59″N 075°37′09″W / 38.49972°N 75.61917°W [1] |
• elevation | 45 ft (14 m) [3] |
Length | 2.45 mi (3.94 km) [4] |
Basin size | 1.32 square miles (3.4 km2) [5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Tussocky Branch |
• average | 1.55 cu ft/s (0.044 m3/s) at mouth with Tussocky Branch [5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Tussocky Branch → Broad Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean [4] |
River system | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Pine Branch Road |
Wheeling Branch is a 2.45 mi (3.94 km) long 1st order tributary to Tussocky Branch in Sussex County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States. [1]
Wheeling Branch rises about 1 mile southeast of Ralphs, Delaware [2] and then flows north-northwest into Tussocky Branch about 0.5 miles east of Ralphs, Delaware. [3]
Wheeling Branch drains 1.32 square miles (3.4 km2) of area, receives about 44.8 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 1,092.57 and is about 11% forested. [5]