title: Browns Branch (Murderkill River tributary)
text: # Browns Branch (Murderkill River tributary)
  
  Browns Branch is a 10.27 mi (16.53 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Murderkill River in Kent County, Delaware.
  
  ## Variant names
  
  According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:
  
  * Spring Branch
  
  ## Course
  
  Browns Branch rises on the Nanticoke River divide about 1 mile south of Harrington, Delaware. Browns Branch then flows northeasterly to meet the Murderkill River about 1 mile south-southwest of Frederica, Delaware.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Browns Branch drains 23.02 square miles (59.6 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 45.4 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 648.58 and is about 10.4% forested.
  
  