title: West Branch Christina River
text: # West Branch Christina River
  
  West Branch Christina River is a 4.96-mile-long (7.98 km) second-order tributary to the Christina River in New Castle County, Delaware in the United States.
  
  ## Variant name
  
  According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as Persimmon Branch.
  
  ## Course
  
  West Branch Christina River rises on the Big Elk Creek and Christina River divides in Cecil County, Maryland and flows south then east into New Castle County, Delaware meet the Christina River at Newark, Delaware.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  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.
  
  