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Deep Creek
Location of Deep Creek mouth
Location of Deep Creek mouth
Location of Deep Creek mouth
Location of Deep Creek mouth
Location of Deep Creek mouth
Other name(s) Tributary to Nanticoke River
Country United States
State Delaware
County Sussex
Physical characteristics
Main source divide between Deep Creek and Broadkill River in Redden State Forest
Redden Crossroads, Delaware
42 ft (13 m)
38°44′01″N 075°25′11″W / 38.73361°N 75.41972°W / 38.73361; -75.41972
River mouth Nanticoke River
Seaford, Delaware
0 ft (0 m)
38°44′39″N 075°35′18″W / 38.74417°N 75.58833°W / 38.74417; -75.58833
Length 14.0 mi (22.5 km)
Basin features
Progression southwest
River system Nanticoke River
Basin size 64.87 square miles (168.0 km2)
Tributaries
  • Left:
    Mifflin Ditch
    McColleys Branch
    Rum Bridge Branch
    Tyndall Branch
    Baker Mill Branch
    Tubbs Branch
  • Right:
    unnamed tributaries
Waterbodies Concord Pond

Deep Creek is a 14.0-mile-long (22.5 km) tributary of the Nanticoke River that rises in the Redden area and flows southwest towards Seaford, Delaware.

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