Burrows Run is a long 2nd order tributary to
Red Clay Creek
Red Clay Creek is a tributary of White Clay Creek, running through southeastern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware in the United States. As of 2000, portions of the creek are under wildlife habitat protection.
Course
The East and West branche ...
in
New Castle County, Delaware
New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware (New Castle, Kent, and Sussex). As of the 2020 census, the population was 570,719, making it the most populous county in Delaware, with nearly 60% of the ...
.
Variant names
According to the
Geographic Names Information System
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, it has also been known historically as:
*Barris Run
*Burris Run
*Burroughs Brook
Course
Burrows Run rises on the Craigs Mill Run divide at
Mendenhall in
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Chester County (Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Tscheschter Kaundi''), colloquially known as Chesco, is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in the De ...
. Burrows Run then flows south into Delaware to meet Red Clay Creek about 0.25 miles east of Ashland, Delaware.
Watershed
Burrows Run drains of area, receives about 48.6 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 393.10 and is about 37.5% forested.
See also
*
List of rivers of Delaware
*
List of rivers of Pennsylvania
This is a list of streams and rivers in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Delaware Bay
Chesapeake Bay
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References
Rivers of Delaware
Rivers of Pennsylvania
Rivers of New Castle County, Delaware
Rivers of Chester County, Pennsylvania
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