title: White Marsh Branch (Nanticoke River tributary)
text: # White Marsh Branch (Nanticoke River tributary)
  
  White Marsh Branch is a 3.09 mi (4.97 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Nanticoke River in Sussex County, Delaware.
  
  ## Course
  
  White Marsh Branch rises at Farmington, Delaware in Kent County and then flows south into Sussex County to join the Nanticoke River about 0.5 miles northeast of Greenwood, Delaware.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  White Marsh Branch drains 5.45 square miles (14.1 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 45.3 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 703.88 and is about 4% forested.
  
  