Cool Run GIS Analysis
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2011
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The Cool Run Tributary of the White Clay Creek Watershed lies within the Delaware River Basin. The Delaware River Basin covers 13,539 square miles and is fed by 216 tributaries draining parts of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware The White Clay Creek (WCC) is a sub‐watershed of the Christina River Basin, which is a sub‐basin of the Delaware River Basin. In October 2000, congress approved the addition of a section of the lower Delaware River and the White Clay Creek to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. The White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic Rivers System Act designated the entire watershed, approximately 190 miles of segments and tributaries, as components of the national system (Delaware River Basin Commission, 2009). The creek flows from southeastern Pennsylvania to northwestern Delaware, through the UD campus and eventually joins the Christina River, a tributary to the Delaware River.