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The basin's streams supply approximately 100 million gallons (400 million liters) of water per day for more than half a million people in the three states, providing 75% of the water supply for New Castle County, Delaware, and more than 40% of the water supply for Chester County, Pennsylvania. [4] The river was named for Queen Christina of Sweden.
East of the Continental Divide, surface waters flow to the Gulf of Mexico, either via the Rio Grande or via one of several rivers (the South Platte River, the North Platte River, the Republican River, the Arkansas River, the Cimarron River, or the Canadian River) which eventually feed the Mississippi River along the way.
West Branch Christina River • average: 2.39 cu ft/s (0.068 m 3 /s) at mouth with West Branch Christina River [4] Basin features; Progression: southeast then northeast: River system: Christina River: Tributaries • left: unnamed tributaries • right: unnamed tributaries: Bridges: Elkton Road, Iron Hill Road, Otts Chapel Road
4 Maps. 5 References. ... East Branch Christina River is a 2.96-mile-long (4.76 km) ... Course and watershed of East Branch Christina River. References
The names of the 17 Colorado rivers with a drainage basin of more than 10,000 square kilometers (3,900 sq mi) are shown in bold. Oceans and streams outside of Colorado are shown in italics. Pacific Ocean. Gulf of California. Colorado River [b] Green River. Yampa River 21,506 km 2 (8,304 mi 2) Little Snake River 10,629 km 2 (4,104 mi 2)
Watersheds of North America are large drainage basins which drain to separate oceans, seas, gulfs, or endorheic basins. There are six generally recognized hydro-logical continental divides which divide the continent into seven principal drainage basins spanning three oceans ( Arctic , Atlantic and Pacific ) and one endorheic basin.
Watershed [ edit ] West Branch Christina River drains 6.20 square miles (16.1 km 2 ) of area, receives about 46.2 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 488.40 and is about 25.1% forested.
Christina River • average: 7.92 cu ft/s (0.224 m 3 /s) at mouth with Christina River [4] Basin features; Progression: south then northeast: River system: Christina River: Tributaries • left: unnamed tributaries • right: Belltown Run: Waterbodies: Sunset Lake: Bridges