Quarter Branch (Marshyhope Creek tributary)
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Quarter Branch is a 4.49 mi (7.23 km) long second-order tributary to Marshyhope Creek in Kent and Sussex Counties Delaware.
Quick Facts Quarter Branch Tributary to Marshyhope Creek, Location ...
Quarter Branch Tributary to Marshyhope Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | Sussex Kent |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Cart Branch divide |
• location | about 1.5 northwest of Greenwood, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°50′21.41″N 075°37′20.74″W[1] |
• elevation | 60 ft (18 m)[1] |
Mouth | Marshyhope Creek |
• location | Adamsville, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°49′58.41″N 075°41′7.25″W[1] |
• elevation | 30 ft (9.1 m)[1] |
Length | 4.47 mi (7.19 km)[2] |
Basin size | 4.72 square miles (12.2 km2)[3] |
Discharge | |
• location | Marshyhope Creek |
• average | 5.81 cu ft/s (0.165 m3/s) at mouth with Marshyhope Creek[3] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Marshyhope Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean[2] |
River system | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Nine Foot Road (x2), Todds Chapel Road |
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