Indian Branch Tributary to Browns Branch | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | Kent |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Murderkill River divide |
• location | Melvins Crossroads, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°57′45″N 075°31′47″W / 38.96250°N 75.52972°W[1] |
• elevation | 35 ft (11 m)[2] |
Mouth | Browns Branch |
• location | about 1 mile southeast of Melvins Crossroads, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°57′38″N 075°30′27″W / 38.96056°N 75.50750°W[1] |
• elevation | 7 ft (2.1 m)[2] |
Length | 0.94 mi (1.51 km)[3] |
Basin size | 1.36 square miles (3.5 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Browns Branch |
• average | 1.60 cu ft/s (0.045 m3/s) at mouth with Browns Branch[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Browns Branch → Murderkill River → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Murderkill River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | none |
Indian Branch is a 0.94 mi (1.51 km) long 1st order tributary to Browns Branch in Kent County, Delaware.
Indian Branch rises on the Murderkill River divide at Melvins Crossroads, Delaware. Indian Branch then flows east to meet Browns Branch about 1-mile southeast of Melvins Crossroads, Delaware.[2]
Indian Branch drains 1.36 square miles (3.5 km2) of area, receives about 45.3 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 577.69 and is about 3.3% forested.[4]