Shorts Ditch is a long 1st order tributary to
Deep Creek in
Sussex County, Delaware
Sussex County is located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Delaware, on the Delmarva Peninsula. As of the 2020 census, the population was 237,378. The county seat is Georgetown.
The first European settlement in the state of Delaware w ...
. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.
Course
Shorts Ditch rises on the
Gravelly Branch divide 2.5 miles southeast of Coverdale Crossroads, and then flows southwest to join
Deep Creek about 0.5 miles northeast of
Old Furnace.
Watershed
Shorts Ditch drains of area, receives about 45.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 738.93, and is about 22% forested.
See also
*
List of rivers of Delaware
List of rivers in Delaware (U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by name.
Major rivers and creeks (27)
*Appoquinimink River
*Blackbird Creek
*Brandywine Creek (Christina River tributary), Brandywine Creek
*Broad Creek (Nanticoke River tributa ...
References
Rivers of Delaware
Rivers of Sussex County, Delaware
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