Coordinates: 38°52′46.41″N 075°38′37.74″W / 38.8795583°N 75.6438167°W / 38.8795583; -75.6438167

Point Branch

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Point Branch
Tributary to Prospect Branch
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Location
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountyKent
Physical characteristics
SourceBooth Branch divide
 • locationabout 1-mile southeast of Andrewsville, Delaware
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 • elevation62 ft (19 m)[1]
MouthProspect Branch
 • location
about 1-mile south-southeast of Vernon, Delaware
 • coordinates
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 • elevation
39 ft (12 m)[1]
Length3.45 mi (5.55 km)[2]
Basin size2.01 square miles (5.2 km2)[3]
Discharge 
 • locationProspect Branch
 • average2.49 cu ft/s (0.071 m3/s) at mouth with Prospect Branch[3]
Basin features
ProgressionProspect BranchMarshyhope CreekNanticoke RiverChesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean[2]
River systemNanticoke River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesAndrewville Road, Prospect Church Road

Point Branch is a 3.45 mi (5.55 km) long first-order tributary to Prospect Branch in Kent County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]

Course

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Point Branch rises on the Booth Branch divide about 1-mile southeast of Andrewsville, Delaware, and then flows south and west to join Prospect Branch about 1-mile south-southeast of Vernon, Delaware.[1]

Watershed

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Point Branch drains 2.01 square miles (5.2 km2) of area, receives about 45.2 in/year of precipitation, and is about 1% forested.[3]

See also

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References

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