Green Branch (Marshyhope Creek tributary)
Stream in Delaware, USA
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Green Branch is a 6.60 mi (10.62 km) long second-order tributary to Marshyhope Creek in Kent County, Delaware.
| Green Branch Tributary to Marshyhope Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Green Branch mouth  Green Branch (Marshyhope Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | Kent |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Webber Branch divide |
| • location | Melvin Crossroads, Delaware |
| • coordinates | 38°54′41.41″N 075°42′42.75″W[1] |
| • elevation | 60 ft (18 m)[1] |
| Mouth | Marshyhope Creek |
• location | about 1.5 miles northeast of Adamsville, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°51′3.41″N 075°40′7.74″W[1] |
• elevation | 36 ft (11 m)[1] |
| Length | 6.60 mi (10.62 km)[2] |
| Basin size | 6.49 square miles (16.8 km2)[3] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Marshyhope Creek |
| • average | 7.81 cu ft/s (0.221 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 | Pear Tree Lane, Layton Corners Road, DE 14, Greenville Road, Gallo Road |
Course
Green Branch rises on the Webber Branch divide at Melvin Crossroads and then flows generally south to join Marshyhope Creek about 1.5 miles northeast of Adamsville, Delaware.[1]
Watershed
Green Branch drains 6.49 square miles (16.8 km2) of area, receives about 44.8 in/year of precipitation, and is about 5.60% forested.[3]