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A tidal creek or tidal channel is a narrow inlet or estuary that is affected by the ebb and flow of ocean tides. [1] Thus, it has variable salinity and electrical conductivity over the tidal cycle, and flushes salts from inland soils. Tidal creeks are characterized by slow water velocity, resulting in buildup of fine, organic sediment in wetlands.
The Wilmington River is a 17.3-mile-long (27.8 km) [1] tidal river in the U.S. state of Georgia. It was originally called St. Augustine's Creek. [2] A creek of the same name exists to the northwest of downtown Savannah. The Wilmington River flows through Chatham County along the east side of the cities of Savannah and Thunderbolt, Georgia.
15,978 acres of mostly tidal salt marsh, visitor center exhibits, programs, 12-mile auto tour, five walking trails (2 handicapped accessible), three observation towers Blackbird State Forest Education Center: New Castle: Northern: Exhibits and programs about Delaware's forests and their management, open by appointment Brandywine Creek Nature Center
Brandywine Creek [1] [2] (also called the Brandywine River) is a tributary of the Christina River in southeastern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware in the United States.The Lower Brandywine (the main stem) is 20.4 miles (32.8 km) long [3] and is a designated Pennsylvania Scenic River with several tributary streams.
Back in the day, however, streams and creeks downtown were commonplace according to "Stories Old and New of the Cape Fear Region," a delightful (albeit somewhat dated) 1956 tome of Wilmington ...
There are 216 tributary streams and creeks comprising an estimated 14,057 miles of streams and creeks, in the watershed. [17]: p.11, 25 While the watershed is home to 4.17 million people according to the 2000 Federal Census, these bodies of water provide drinking water to 17 million people—roughly 6% of the population of the United States.
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Little Mill Creek rises on the Brandywine Creek divide about 0.5 miles west of Greenville in New Castle County, Delaware. Little Mill Creek then flows generally south to meet Christina River at Wilmington, Delaware. [2]