Clear Brook (Nanticoke River tributary)
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Clear Brook is a 23.02 mi (37.05 km) long tributary to the Nanticoke River in Sussex County, Delaware. It joins the Nanticoke at "Williams Pond" in the City of Seaford, Delaware.
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Clear Brook Tributary to Nanticoke River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | Sussex |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | divide between Clear Brook and Bridgeville Branch of Nanticoke River |
• location | about 1 mile southwest of Bridgeville, Delaware[1] |
• coordinates | 38°43′55″N 075°38′18″W[2] |
• elevation | 46 ft (14 m)[1] |
Mouth | Nanticoke River |
• location | Seaford, Delaware[1] |
• coordinates | 38°38′27″N 075°36′22″W[2] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[1] |
Length | 8.87 mi (14.27 km)[3] |
Basin size | 23.02 square miles (59.6 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Nanticoke River |
• average | 27.29 cu ft/s (0.773 m3/s) at mouth with Nanticoke River[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Nanticoke River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Nanticoke River |
Tributaries | |
• left | William H. Newton Ditch |
• right | Swain and Truitt Ditch Bucks Branch Herring Run |
Waterbodies | Hearns Pond Williams Pond |
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