Houston Branch (Marshyhope Creek tributary)
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Houston Branch is a 10.26 mi (16.51 km) long tributary to Marshyhope Creek that rises in western Sussex County, Delaware and flows west into Caroline County, Maryland.
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Houston Branch Tributary to Marshyhope Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Maryland Delaware |
Counties | Caroline Sussex |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | divide between Houston Branch and Clear Brook (Nanticoke River) |
• location | about 1 mile west of Atlanta, Delaware[1] |
• coordinates | 38°42′27″N 075°41′07″W[2] |
• elevation | 40 ft (12 m)[1] |
Mouth | Marshyhope Creek |
• location | about 3 miles northeast of Nichols, Maryland[1] |
• coordinates | 38°44′32″N 075°45′08″W[2] |
• elevation | 10 ft (3.0 m)[1] |
Length | 6.47 mi (10.41 km)[3] |
Basin size | 10.26 square miles (26.6 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Marshyhope Creek |
• average | 12.12 cu ft/s (0.343 m3/s) at mouth with Marshyhope Creek[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Marshyhope Creek → Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | Brights Branch |
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