Wheeling Branch
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| 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] |
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| • elevation | 47 ft (14 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Tussocky Branch |
• location | about 0.5 miles east of Ralphs, Delaware[3] |
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• 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]
Course
[edit | edit source]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]
Watershed
[edit | edit source]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]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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