West Branch Christina River Tributary to Christina River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware Maryland |
County | New Castle (DE) Cecil (MD) |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Big Elk Creek and Christina River divides |
• location | about 0.1 miles southeast of Appleton, Maryland |
• coordinates | 39°41′44″N 075°48′41″W / 39.69556°N 75.81139°W[1] |
• elevation | 298 ft (91 m)[2] |
Mouth | Christina River |
• location | Newark, Delaware |
• coordinates | 39°39′33″N 075°43′02″W / 39.65917°N 75.71722°W[1] |
• elevation | 79 ft (24 m)[2] |
Length | 4.96 mi (7.98 km)[3] |
Basin size | 6.20 square miles (16.1 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Christina River |
• average | 8.40 cu ft/s (0.238 m3/s) at mouth with Christina River[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | south then east |
River system | Christina River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | Persimmon Run |
Bridges | Jackson Hall School Road, Barksdale Road, Vieves Way, Winchester Drive, Chestnut Drive, W Creek Village Drive, DE 2, Otts Chapel Road, Sandy Drive |
West Branch Christina River is a 4.96-mile-long (7.98 km) second-order tributary to the Christina River in New Castle County, Delaware in the United States.