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Clear Brook
Clear Brook downstream of Hearns Pond.jpg
Clear Brook downstream of Hearns Pond
Other name(s) Tributary to Nanticoke River
Country United States
State Delaware
County Sussex
Physical characteristics
Main source divide between Clear Brook and Bridgeville Branch of Nanticoke River
about 1 mile southwest of Bridgeville, Delaware
46 ft (14 m)
River mouth Nanticoke River
Seaford, Delaware
0 ft (0 m)
Length 8.87 mi (14.27 km)
Discharge
  • Location:
    Nanticoke River
  • Average rate:
    27.29 cu ft/s (0.773 m3/s) at mouth with Nanticoke River
Basin features
Progression southeast then southwest
River system Nanticoke River
Basin size 23.02 square miles (59.6 km2)
Tributaries
  • Left:
    William H. Newton Ditch
  • Right:
    Swain and Truitt Ditch
    Bucks Branch
    Herring Run
Waterbodies Hearns Pond
Williams Pond

Clear Brook is a 23.02 mi (37.05 km) long tributary to Nanticoke River in Sussex County, Delaware. It joins the Nanticoke at "Williams Pond" in the City of Seaford, Delaware.

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