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Tanyard Branch (Marshyhope Creek tributary)
Stream in Delaware, USA / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tanyard Branch is a 4.96 mi (7.98 km) long tributary to Marshyhope Creek that rises in western Sussex County, Delaware and flows west into Caroline County, Maryland.
Quick Facts Tanyard Branch Tributary to Marshyhope Creek, Location ...
Tanyard Branch Tributary to Marshyhope Creek | |
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![]() Tanyard Branch in Delaware | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Maryland Delaware |
Counties | Caroline Sussex |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | divide between Tanyard Branch and Bucks Branch of Clear Brook Creek |
• location | about 2 miles southwest of Atlanta, Delaware[1] |
• coordinates | 38°41′42″N 075°41′26″W[2] |
• elevation | 50 ft (15 m)[1] |
Mouth | Marshyhope Creek |
• location | Federalsburg, Maryland[1] |
• coordinates | 38°41′11″N 075°46′21″W[2] |
• elevation | 5 ft (1.5 m)[1] |
Length | 4.96 mi (7.98 km)[3] |
Basin size | 4.93 square miles (12.8 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Marshyhope Creek |
• average | 5.79 cu ft/s (0.164 m3/s) at mouth with Marshyhope Creek[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Marshyhope Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Waterbodies | Lake Chambers |
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