title: Meadow Branch (Little Creek tributary)
text: # Meadow Branch (Little Creek tributary)
  
  Meadow Branch is a 5.83 mi (9.38 km) long 3rd order tributary to Little Creek in Sussex County, Delaware. Meadow Branch forms Little Creek along with Holly Branch.
  
  ## Variant names
  
  According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:
  
  * Little Creek
  
  ## Course
  
  Meadow Branch rises in Delmar, Delaware and then flows northwest and north into Little Creek about 2 miles south of Laurel.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Meadow Branch drains 8.37 square miles (21.7 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 44.9 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 767.30 and is about 10% forested.
  
  