Wheeling Branch is a long 1st order tributary to
Tussocky Branch 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 ...
. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.
Course
Wheeling Branch rises about 1 mile southeast of Ralphs, Delaware
and then flows north-northwest into
Tussocky Branch about 0.5 miles east of Ralphs, Delaware.
Watershed
Wheeling Branch drains of area, receives about 44.8 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 1,092.57 and is about 11% 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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