Town Creek is a

tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...

of the

Tred Avon River The Tred Avon River (a corruption of "Third Haven River") is a main tributary of the Choptank River in Talbot County on Maryland's Eastern Shore. The river is long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline d ...

in Talbot County on

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's Eastern Shore.

Geography

The

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are located in

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and the creek flows north to the Tred Avon River, which drains to the

Choptank River The Choptank River is a major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay and the largest river on the Delmarva Peninsula. Running for ,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 20 ...

and the

Chesapeake Bay The Chesapeake Bay ( ) is the largest estuary in the United States. The Bay is located in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region and is primarily separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Delmarva Peninsula (including the parts: the ...

. The watershed area of the creek is .Maryland Department of the Environment. Baltimore, MD
"Total Maximum Daily Loads of Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), Nitrogen and Phosphorus for Town Creek."
2002-12-26. p. 1.

References

* {{authority control Tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay Rivers of Maryland Rivers of Talbot County, Maryland

Geography

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