List of rivers of Delaware

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List of rivers in Delaware (U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by name.

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Major rivers and creeks (28)

All named streams (437)

Rivers and streams by watershed

Delaware River and Delaware Bay

Atlantic coast bays

Rehoboth Bay
Indian River Bay
Little Assawoman Bay
Assawoman Bay

Chesapeake Bay

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Blackbird Creek (Delaware)</span> River in northern Delaware, United States

Blackbird Creek is a 16.9-mile-long (27.2 km) river in northern Delaware in the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Choptank River</span> River in Delaware and Maryland, United States

The Choptank River is a major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay and the largest river on the Delmarva Peninsula. Running for 71 miles (114 km), it rises in Kent County, Delaware, runs through Caroline County, Maryland, and forms much of the border between Talbot County, Maryland, on the north, and Caroline County and Dorchester County on the east and south. It is located north of the Nanticoke River, and its mouth is located south of Eastern Bay. Cambridge, the county seat of Dorchester County, and Denton, the county seat of Caroline County, are located on its south shore.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nanticoke River</span> River in Delaware, United States

The Nanticoke River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula. It rises in southern Kent County, Delaware, flows through Sussex County, Delaware, and forms the boundary between Dorchester County, Maryland and Wicomico County, Maryland. The tidal river course proceeds southwest into the Tangier Sound, Chesapeake Bay. The river is 64.3 miles (103.5 km) long. A 26-mile ecotourism water trail running along the River was set aside in July 2011 by Delaware state and federal officials, contiguous with a 37-mile water-trail extending through Maryland to the Chesapeake Bay.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Goose Creek (Potomac River tributary)</span> River in Virginia, United States

Goose Creek is a 53.9-mile-long (86.7 km) tributary of the Potomac River in Fauquier and Loudoun counties in northern Virginia. It comprises the principal drainage system for the Loudoun Valley.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Soque River</span>

The Soque River and its watershed are located entirely within the county boundaries of Habersham County in northeast Georgia. The Soque is a tributary of the Chattahoochee River. Portions of the river run along State Route 197.

Beaverdam Creek or Beaver Dam Creek may refer to:

Cypress Branch is a 2.81 mi (4.52 km) long 1st order tributary to St. Jones River in Kent County, Delaware.

References

  1. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp.  166.