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Major rivers and creeks (28)

* Appoquinimink River * Blackbird Creek * Brandywine Creek * Broad Creek * Broadkill River * Choptank River *

Christina River The Christina River is a tributary of the Delaware River, approximately 35 miles (56 km) long, in northern Delaware. It also flows through small areas of southeastern Pennsylvania and northeastern Maryland. Near its mouth, the river ...

Delaware River 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 a ...

* Hershey Run * Indian River * Leipsic River * Lingo Creek * Little River * Marshyhope Creek * Mill Creek * Mispillion River *

Murderkill River The Murderkill River is a river flowing to Delaware Bay in central Delaware in the United States. It is approximately long and drains an area of on the Atlantic Coastal Plain. The Murderkill flows for its entire length in southern Kent Cou ...

* Naamans Creek *

Nanticoke River The Nanticoke River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula. It rises in southern Kent County, Delaware, Kent County, Delaware, flows through Sussex County, Delaware, Sussex County, Delaware, and forms the boundary between ...

* Pepper Creek *

Pocomoke River The Pocomoke River stretches approximately U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 from southern Delaware through southeastern Maryland in the United States. At i ...

* Red Clay Creek * St. Jones River *

Sassafras River The Sassafras River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula in the United States. It is approximately longU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April ...

* Shellpot Creek * Simons River * Smyrna River * White Clay Creek

All named streams (437)

Mill Creek (White Clay Creek tributary) Mill Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 stream principally located in northern New Castle County, Delaware, a tributary of the White Clay Creek. ...

, New Castle County * Mill Creek, New Castle County *Miller Creek, Sussex County *Mirey Branch, Sussex County * Mispillion River, Sussex County * Mockingbird Creek, Sussex County *Mockingbird Creek, Sussex County *Morgan Branch, Kent County *Morgan Branch, Sussex County * Morris Branch, New Castle County *Morris Branch, Sussex County *Muddy Bottom Ditch, Kent County *Muddy Branch, Kent County * Muddy Run, New Castle County *Mullet Run, Kent County *Munchy Branch, Sussex County *

, Kent County * Naamans Creek, New Castle County *Narrow Ditch, Sussex County *New Ditch, Sussex County * Newell Branch, Kent County *Nonesuch Creek, New Castle County *North Fork Green Run, Sussex County *North Prong, Sussex County *Number One Prong, Sussex County *Number Two Prong, Kent County * Old Baptist Church Branch, Kent County *Old Forge Branch, Sussex County *Old Mill Creek, Sussex County *Old Slaughter Creek, Sussex County * Owens Branch, Sussex County *Owens Branch, Sussex County * Parker and Sampson Ditch, Sussex County * Parker Branch, Sussex County *Parnell Branch, Kent County * Paw Paw Branch, New Castle County *Pemberton Branch, Sussex County *Penrose Branch, Kent County *Pepper Branch, Sussex County * Pepper Creek, Sussex County *

Perch Creek Perch is a common name for freshwater fish from the genus ''Perca'', which belongs to the family Percidae of the large order Perciformes. The name comes from , meaning the type species of this genus, the European perch (''P. fluviatilis''). M ...

, New Castle County * Perkins Run, New Castle County * Persimmon Run, New Castle County *Peterkins Branch, Sussex County *Phillips Branch, Sussex County *Phillips Ditch, Sussex County *Pigeon Run, New Castle County * Pike Creek, New Castle County *Piney Branch, Sussex County * Pinks Branch, Kent County *Pipe Elm Branch, Kent County * Plum Creek, Sussex County * Point Branch, Kent County *Polk Branch, Sussex County *Polly Branch, Sussex County *Pot Hook Creek, Sussex County *Powell Ditch, Kent County * Pratt Branch, Kent County *Presbyterian Branch, Sussex County *Price Prong, Kent County * Primehook Creek, Sussex County * Prong Number One,

Sussex County, Delaware Sussex County is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of Delaware, on the Delmarva Peninsula. As of the 2020 census, the population was 237,378, making it the state's second most populated county behind New Castle and ahead of Ke ...

Spring Creek A spring creek is a type of free flowing river whose name derives from its origin: an underground Spring (hydrology), spring or set of springs which produces sufficient water to consistently feed a unique river. The water flowing in a spring cree ...

, Kent County * Spruances Branch, Kent County * Stallion Head Branch, Sussex County *Stockley Branch, Sussex County *Stockley Creek, Sussex County * Stoney Branch, Sussex County * Stenkil Creek, New Castle County *Stump Creek, Sussex County *Sunset Branch, Sussex County * Swan Creek, Kent County * Swan Creek, Sussex County *Tantrough Branch, Sussex County * Tanyard Branch, Sussex County *Tappahanna Ditch, Kent County *

Taylor Branch Taylor Branch (born January 14, 1947) is an American author and historian who wrote a Pulitzer Prize winning trilogy chronicling the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and much of the history of the American civil rights movement. The final volume o ...

Rivers and streams by watershed

Delaware River 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 a ...
and
Delaware Bay Delaware Bay is the estuary outlet of the Delaware River on the northeast seaboard of the United States, lying between the states of Delaware and New Jersey. It is approximately in area, the bay's freshwater mixes for many miles with the saltw ...

* Naamans Creek **South Branch Naamans Creek * Perkins Run * Stenkil Creek ** Fox Kill * Shellpot Creek ** Matson Run ** Turkey Run *

** Brandywine Creek *** Alapocas Run *** Husbands Run **** Willow Run *** Wilson Run *** Rocky Run **** Hurricane Run ***Carney Run *** Ramsey Run *** Beaver Creek ** Little Mill Creek *** Chestnut Run ***Willow Run **Nonesuch Creek ** White Clay Creek *** Hershey Run *** Red Clay Creek **** Hyde Run *****Coffee Run **** Burrows Run *** Mill Creek *** Pike Creek *** Middle Run *** Bogy Run **Leathermans Run ** Belltown Run *** Muddy Run ** West Branch Christina River *** Persimmon Run ** East Branch Christina River * Army Creek *Gambles Gut *Tom Creek * Red Lion Creek **Doll Run *Cedar Creek * Dragon Creek *Saint Georges Creek **Scott Run **Joy Run **Crystal Run **Guthrie Branch * Augustine Creek * Silver Run * Appoquinimink River *Skunk Hill Ditch **The Big Ditch ** Hangmans Run ** Drawyer Creek ** Deep Creek * Blackbird Creek ** Mill Creek ** Fishing Creek **Beaver Branch ** Barlow Branch ** Sandom Branch *Angle Rod Creek * Smyrna River ** Sawmill Branch ** Corks Point Ditch *** Morris Branch ** Mill Creek ** Green Spring Branch *** Massey Branch ** Duck Creek *** Greens Branch *** Providence Creek **** Paw Paw Branch *Taylors Gut * Duck Creek **Quarter Gut ***Hawkey Branch * Leipsic River **Raymond Gut ** Dyke Branch ** Bennefield Branch ** Spruances Branch **Snows Branch ** Alston Branch ** Willis Branch **

** Pinks Branch * Simons River ** Herring Branch ** Green Creek *** Muddy Branch * Mahon River **Old Womans Gut * Little River *Lewis Ditch *Sand Ditch * St. Jones River **Trunk Ditch ** Beaver Gut Ditch ** Cypress Branch ** Tidbury Creek *** Newell Branch *** Red House Branch ** Isaac Branch *** Almshouse Branch *** Allabands Mill Stream ** Puncheon Run ** Fork Branch *

*** Double Run *** Hudson Branch *** Pratt Branch ** Ash Gut ** Browns Branch *** Ward Branch *** Indian Branch ** Spring Branch **Black Swamp Creek **Beaverdam Branch **Fan Branch * Brockonbridge Gut * Mispillion River ** Kings Causeway Branch ** Fishing Branch *** Old Baptist Church Branch ** Swan Creek *** Tubmill Branch **Deep Branch **Mullet Run **Bowman Branch **Lednum Branch **Johnson Branch **Tantrough Branch **Beaverdam Branch * Cedar Creek ** Slaughter Creek **Beaverdam Branch **Church Branch * Broadkill River ** Canary Creek **Broadkill Sound *** Primehook Creek ****North Prong **** Sowbridge Branch *****Ingram Branch **Old Mill Creek ***Fisher Creek ***Black Hog Gut ***Martin Branch **Crooked Creek ** Doty Glade ** Beaverdam Creek ** Round Pole Branch **Ingram Branch ***Dutton Ditch ***Savannah Ditch **Pemberton Branch ***Brittingham Branch

Atlantic coast bays

; Rehoboth Bay *Stockley Creek *Bald Eagle Creek *White Oak Creek **Johnson Branch * Love Creek ** Arnell Creek ** Cherry Walk Creek ** Dorman Branch **Stillman Glade **Hetty Fisher Glade ** Goslee Creek ** Bundicks Branch * Herring Creek ** Wilson Creek ** Guinea Creek **Hopkins Prong ***Phillips Branch ***Unity Branch **Burton Prong ***Sarah Run ***Chapel Branch ****Wall Branch * Lee Joseph Creek *Bacon Island Creek ; Indian River Bay * Lingo Creek * Indian River **Emily Gut ** Blackwater Creek ** Pepper Creek *** Vines Creek ** Island Creek ** Warwick Gut ** Swan Creek ** Whartons Branch *** Iron Branch ****Houston-Thorogood Ditch ****Wiley Branch **Shoals Branch ***Long Drain Ditch ** Cow Bridge Branch ***Stockley Branch ****Alms House Ditch ****Horse Pound Swamp Ditch ***Gills Branch ****Eli Walls Ditch *****McGee Ditch ***Deep Branch ****Peterkins Branch ****White Oak Swamp Ditch ****Simpler Branch *****Welsh Branch ******Sockorockets Ditch **Sheep Pen Ditch ***Mirey Branch ****Narrow Ditch **Pepper Creek ***Blackwater Creek ****Clarksville Branch ***Stump Creek ***Vines Creek ****Herring Branch ****Deep Hole Branch ****McCrays Branch ***Fork No. 1 *Collins Creek * White Creek **Spring Gut *Sloughs Gut ; Little Assawoman Bay *Jefferson Creek *Miller Creek **Beaver Dam Ditch * Dirickson Creek **Williams Creek ** Agricultural Ditch ** Batson Branch ** Bearhole Ditch ; Assawoman Bay * Roy Creek ** Drum Creek

Chesapeake Bay The Chesapeake Bay ( ) is the largest estuary in the United States. The bay is located in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region and is primarily separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Delmarva Peninsula, including parts of the Ea ...

*'' Elk River (Maryland)'' **

**'' Bohemia River (MD)'' ***Great Bohemia Creek ****Sandy Branch **Back Creek *** Long Creek ***Guthrie Run **Perch Creek *

**Herring Branch *''

Chester River The Chester River is a major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula. It is about long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed April 1, 2011 and its waters ...

(MD)'' **Cypress Branch ***Dogwood Branch ***Black Stallion Ditch **Andover Branch *** Sewell Branch **** Blanco Ditch **** Jordan Branch ***Gravelly Run ****Jamison Branch ****Muddy Bottom Ditch * Choptank River **''Chapel Branch (MD)'' ***Garey Mill Pond Branch ****Hopkins Prong ****Bullock Prong ****Price Prong **Spring Branch **Gravelly Branch ***Herron Run ***Shields Prong ***White Marsh Branch ****Greenlees Ditch ***Sangston Prong **Sandtown Branch **Cow Marsh Creek ***Meredith Branch ****Wildcat Branch ****Horsepen Ditch ***Jackson Prong ***Cohee Prong ***Iron Mine Prong ***Fivefoot Prong ***Willow Grove Prong ***Cow Marsh Ditch ****Herron Drain **Culbreth Marsh Ditch ***Luther Marvel Prong ***Beachy Neidig Ditch ***Ross Prong ***Powell Ditch ***Ditch Road Ditch **Tidy Island Creek ***Tappahanna Ditch ***Harrington Beaverdam Ditch *

**''Barren Creek (MD)'' *** Mockingbird Creek ** Marshyhope Creek *** Tanyard Branch *** Houston Branch ****Brights Branch *** Jones Branch *** Jones Mill Branch *** Iron Mine Branch ***Stafford Ditch *** Double Fork Branch **** Parker and Sampson Ditch ***Short and Hall Ditch *** Quarter Branch *** Saulsbury Creek **** Cattail Branch *** Green Branch ***Tomahawk Branch *** Prospect Branch **** Point Branch **** Bright Haines Glade Branch *****Prong No. 2 *** Beaverdam Branch *** Horsepen Arm ***Marshyhope Ditch ***Black Arm Prong ** Plum Creek ** Wright Creek ** Cod Creek ***Owens Branch ** Broad Creek *** Tussocky Branch **** Turkey Branch **** Mill Branch **** Wheeling Branch *** Little Creek **** Meadow Branch ****Holly Branch *****Vena Gains Branch ***Cooper Branch ****Rossakatum Branch *** James Branch ****Old Forge Branch ****Gordon Branch ****Hitch Pond Branch *****Pepper Branch ******Grays Branch *****Thompson Branch ******Raccoon Prong ******Terrapin Pond *******Saunders Branch ****Wards Branch ****Morris Branch ****Figgs Ditch ***Elliott Pond Branch ****Beaverdam Branch ****Miry Branch ****Dukes and Jobs Ditch ****Tyndall and James Ditch **Turtle Branch **Gum Branch **Lewes Creek ***Butler Mill Branch ****Horse Pen Branch ****Green Briar Branch *** Chapel Branch **Morgan Branch ** Clear Brook ***Herring Run ***William Newton Ditch ***Bucks Branch ****Gilbert Truitts Ditch ****Friedel Prong ***Swain and Truitt Ditch ** Deep Creek *** Tubbs Branch **** Cool Branch **** Graham Branch *** Baker Mill Branch ****Old Ditch ****Black Savannah Ditch ***Deep Gully Ditch *** Tyndall Branch **** Stoney Branch **** Asketum Branch *** Shorts Ditch *** Rum Bridge Branch *** McColleys Branch ****Layton-Vaughn Ditch ****Raccoon Ditch ***Mifflin Ditch ****Georgetown-Vaughn Ditch **Hurley Drain ** Gravelly Branch *** Tussocky Branch *** Smith-Short and Willin Ditch *** Prong Number One ****Maple Branch ****Maple Marsh and Beaver Dam Branch ***Gravelly Ditch **Ake Ditch **Turkey Branch ** Gum Branch *** Gully Camp Ditch *** Toms Dam Branch **** Long Branch **** Crony Pond Branch *** West Branch Gum Branch **** Owens Branch *** Parkers Branch *** Stallion Head Branch **Bridgeville Branch **Polk Branch ***Grubby Neck Branch ****Bee Branch **Cart Branch ** White Marsh Branch *** Booth Branch ** Kent-Sussex Line Branch *''Wicomico River (MD)'' **''North Prong Wicomico River (MD)'' ***''Leonard Pond Run (MD)'' ****Connelly Mill Branch ****''North Prong Leonard Pond Run (MD)'' *****Jackson Branch *****Mayer Branch *

**''Green Run (MD)'' ***North Fork Green Run **Grays Prong **Gum Branch **Bald Cypress Branch **Lewis Prong **Grays Prong **Tenfoot Ditch ***Cypress Farms Ditch **Cowhouse Branch

References

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