Indian Branch (Browns Branch tributary)

Stream in Delaware, USA

Indian Branch

Tributary to Browns Branch

Location of Indian Branch mouth

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Indian Branch (Browns Branch tributary) (the United States)

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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 / 38.96250; -75.52972[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 / 38.96056; -75.50750[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.

## Course

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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]

## Watershed

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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]

## See also

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* List of Delaware rivers

## Maps

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Course and Watershed of Indian Branch (Browns Branch tributary)

## References

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1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Indian Branch". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
2. ^ a b c "Browns Branch Topo Map, Kent County DE (Milford Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
4. ^ a b c "Indian Branch Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 14 March 2020.

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