Long Branch is a long 1st order tributary to
Toms Dam Branch
Toms Dam Branch is a long 2nd tributary to Gum Branch (Nanticoke River tributary), Gum Branch in Sussex County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.
Variant names
According to the Geographic Names Information S ...
in
Sussex County, Delaware
Sussex County is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of Delaware, on the Delmarva Peninsula. As of the 2020 census, the population was 237,378, making it the state's second most populated county behind New Castle and ahead of Ke ...
.
Course
Long Branch rises about 0.5 miles northeast of
Greenwood, Delaware
Greenwood is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. The population was 973 at the 2010 census, an increase of 16.2% over the previous decade. It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
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and then flows south to join
Toms Dam Branch
Toms Dam Branch is a long 2nd tributary to Gum Branch (Nanticoke River tributary), Gum Branch in Sussex County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.
Variant names
According to the Geographic Names Information S ...
about 1 mile southeast of St. Johnstown.
Watershed
Long Branch drains of area, receives about 45.2 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 830.08 and is about 7% forested.
See also
*
List of Delaware rivers
List of rivers in Delaware (U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by name.
Major rivers and creeks (28)
* Appoquinimink River
* Blackbird Creek
* Brandywine Creek
* Broad Creek
* Broadkill River
* Choptank River
*Christina River
*Delaware Rive ...
References
Rivers of Delaware
Rivers of Sussex County, Delaware
Tributaries of the Nanticoke River
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