Browns Branch is a long 3rd order tributary to the
Murderkill River
The Murderkill River is a river flowing to Delaware Bay in central Delaware in the United States. It is approximately long and drains an area of on the Atlantic Coastal Plain.
The Murderkill flows for its entire length in southern Kent Coun ...
in
Kent County, Delaware
Kent County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Delaware. As of the 2020 census, the population was 181,851, making it the least populous county in Delaware. The county seat is Dover, the state capital of Delaware. It i ...
.
Variant names
According to the
Geographic Names Information System
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, it has also been known historically as:
*Spring Branch
Course
Browns Branch rises on the
Nanticoke River divide about 1 mile south of
Harrington, Delaware
Harrington is a city in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. Harrington hosts the annual Delaware State Fair each July. The population was 3,562 at the 2010 census.
History
Har ...
. Browns Branch then flows northeasterly to meet the Murderkill River about 1 mile south-southwest of
Frederica, Delaware
Frederica is a town in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 774 at the 2010 census. ILC Dover, the company which manufactured the spacesuits for the Apollo and ...
.
Watershed
Browns Branch drains of area, receives about 45.4 in/year of precipitation, has a
topographic wetness index The topographic wetness index (TWI), also known as the compound topographic index (CTI), is a steady state wetness index. It is commonly used to quantify topographic control on hydrological processes. The index is a function of both the slope and t ...
of 648.58 and is about 10.4% forested.
See also
*
List of Delaware rivers
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Maps
References
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Rivers of Delaware
Rivers of Kent County, Delaware
Tributaries of the Murderkill River