Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Delaware River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and is the longest free-flowing (undammed) river in the Eastern United States. From the meeting of its branches in Hancock, New York , the river flows for 282 miles (454 km) along the borders of New York , Pennsylvania , New Jersey , and Delaware , before ...
Delaware Bay is a major estuary outlet of the Delaware River on the Northeast seaboard of the United States whose fresh water mixes for many miles with the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. The bay, as an estuary, forms a transitional zone between the river environment provided by the Delaware River and maritime environment of the Atlantic Ocean ...
Delaware River watershed. The purpose of the Commission is to bring the Delaware River under collective and balanced control, and to ensure fair usage by the states. To this end, the Commission conducts programs related to water quality protection, water supply allocation and water conservation, regulatory review and permitting, watershed planning, drought management, flood mitigation and loss ...
Agricultural Ditch, Sussex County; Ake Ditch, Sussex County Alapocas Run, New Castle County [[Allabands Mill Stream (Isaac Branch tributary)|Allabands Mill Stream]], Kent County
Just before entering Delaware County, it is dammed to form Brinton Lake. At Markham , Webb Creek enters at the site of the historic Newlin Grist Mill . From here to Chester Heights , the creek is paralleled by the abandoned right-of-way of the Octoraro Branch, damaged in flooding from Hurricane Agnes in 1972.
The Delaware River and Bay Authority (DRBA) is a bi-state government agency of the U.S. states of Delaware and New Jersey established by an interstate compact in 1962. [2]The authority operates the Delaware Memorial twin suspension bridges, the Cape May-Lewes Ferry between Cape May, New Jersey, and Lewes, Delaware, the Forts Ferry Crossing, and the Salem County Business Center.
The Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River is a federally designated area of the Delaware River protected under the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The designation also includes sections of Paunnacussing Creek, Tohickon Creek, Tinicum Creek, Rapp Creek, and Beaver Creek. In total, the protection ...
Martins Creek (Delaware River tributary, Bucks County) Martins Creek (Delaware River tributary) Matson Run; Mill Creek (Delaware River tributary) Mingo Creek (Schuylkill River tributary) Mongaup River; Musconetcong River