Shorts Ditch
| Shorts Ditch Tributary to Deep Creek | |
|---|---|
Location of Shorts Ditch mouth Shorts Ditch (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | Sussex |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Gravelly Branch divide |
| • location | about 2.5 miles southeast of Coverdale Crossroads, Delaware |
| • coordinates | 38°41′59″N 075°29′54″W / 38.69972°N 75.49833°W |
| • elevation | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Mouth | Deep Creek |
• location | about 0.5 miles northeast of Old Furnace, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°40′25″N 075°30′19″W / 38.67361°N 75.50528°W |
• elevation | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Length | 2.14 mi (3.44 km) |
| Basin size | 2.53 square miles (6.6 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Deep Creek |
| • average | 3.08 cu ft/s (0.087 m3/s) at mouth with Deep Creek |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | southwest |
| River system | Nanticoke River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Cokesbury Road |
Shorts Ditch is a 2.14 mi (3.44 km) long 1st order tributary to Deep Creek in Sussex County, Delaware. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.