Clear Brook (Nanticoke River tributary)
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.
| Clear Brook Tributary to Nanticoke River | |
|---|---|
Clear Brook downstream of Hearns Pond | |
Location of Clear Brook mouth Clear Brook (Nanticoke River tributary) (the United States) | |
| 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 |
| • coordinates | 38°43′55″N 075°38′18″W |
| • elevation | 46 ft (14 m) |
| Mouth | Nanticoke River |
• location | Seaford, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°38′27″N 075°36′22″W |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Length | 8.87 mi (14.27 km) |
| Basin size | 23.02 square miles (59.6 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Nanticoke River |
| • average | 27.29 cu ft/s (0.773 m3/s) at mouth with Nanticoke River |
| 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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