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James Branch
James Branch looking downstream from DE 24.jpg
James Branch looking downstream from DE Route 24 crossing
James Branch (Broad Creek tributary) is located in Delaware
James Branch (Broad Creek tributary)
James Branch (Broad Creek tributary) is located in the United States
James Branch (Broad Creek tributary)
Location of James Branch mouth
Other name(s) Tributary to Broad Creek
Country United States
State Delaware
Maryland
Counties Sussex
Wicomico
Physical characteristics
Main source divide between James Branch and Wicomico River
about 3 miles east of Delmar, Delaware
55 ft (17 m)
38°27′36″N 075°30′14″W / 38.46000°N 75.50389°W / 38.46000; -75.50389
River mouth Records Pond (Broad Creek)
Laurel, Delaware
3 ft (0.91 m)
38°33′21″N 075°32′46″W / 38.55583°N 75.54611°W / 38.55583; -75.54611
Length 10.97 mi (17.65 km)
Basin features
Progression west
River system Nanticoke River
Basin size 70.1 square miles (182 km2)
Tributaries
  • Left:
    Old Forge Branch
  • Right:
    Figgs Ditch
    Morris Branch
    Wards Branch
    Hitch Pond Branch
    Gordon Branch
Waterbodies Ellis Pond
Trussum Pond

James Branch is a 10.97 mi (17.65 km) long tributary to Records Pond (Broad Creek) that rises in northern Wicomico County, Maryland and flows north into Sussex County, Delaware. James Branch is listed as a state-protected paddling trail by Delaware.

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