Nanticoke River
| Name | Nanticoke River |
| Image |  |
| Image Caption | The Nanticoke at Vienna, Maryland |
| Map |  |
| Map Caption | Map of the rivers of the Eastern Shore of Maryland with the Nanticoke and its watershed highlighted. |
| Subdivision Type1 | Country |
| Subdivision Name1 | United States |
| Subdivision Type2 | States |
| Subdivision Name2 | Maryland Delaware |
| Subdivision Type3 | Region |
| Subdivision Name3 | South Atlantic States |
| Length | about 63 miles |
| Source1 Location | Middleford, Delaware |
| Source1 Coordinates | 38°52′55″N, 075°33′36″W |
| Source1 Elevation | about 60 feet |
| Mouth | Chesapeake Bay |
| Mouth Location | Waterview, Maryland |
| Mouth Coordinates | 38°14′00″N, 075°55′29″W |
| Mouth Elevation | sea level (0 ft.) |
| Progression | Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River System | Chesapeake Bay |
| Tributaries Left | Kent-Sussex Line Branch, Glade Branch, Gum Branch, Gravelly Branch, Hurley Drain, Deep Creek, Morgan Branch, Gum Branch, Broad Creek, Beaverdam Branch, Cod Creek, Plum Creek, Reconow Creek, Owens Creek, Grimes Creek, Barren Creek, Ingem Gut, Den Creek, Rewastico Creek, Quantico Creek, Wetipquin Creek, Dunn Creek, Windsor Creek |
| Tributaries Right | White Marsh Branch, Cart Branch, Polk Branch, Birdgeville Branch, Turkey Branch, Ake Ditch, Clear Brook, Chapel Branch, Turtle Branch, Wright Creek, Gales Creek, Dennis Creek, Mill Creek, Molly Horn Creek, Marshyhope Creek, Chicone Creek, Redfin Creek, Mill Creek, Peach Orchard Creek, Wapremander Creek, Jacks Creek, Langrells Creek, Cow Creek |
The Nanticoke River is a tributary of 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 64.3mi 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.
Some of the main tributaries that feed the Nanticoke on the west-side include: Cow Creek; Jack Creek; Wapremander Creek; Marshyhope Creek; and the east side: Gravelly Fork, Gum Branch, and Broad Creek. Notable towns and communities situated along the river include Nanticoke, Bivalve, Vienna, and Sharptown in Maryland; and further north the city of Seaford, Delaware.
According to a study paid for by the town of Vienna, the English explorer John Smith travelled up the Nanticoke River and mapped it, and visited with Native Americans in their settlement, now believed to be Vienna.
The river was dredged in 1990 and 2013 to facilitate shipping travel along the course.
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38°14′0″N, 75°55′29″W
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Category:Tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay
Category:Rivers of Delaware
Category:Rivers of Maryland
Category:Rivers of Caroline County, Maryland
Category:Rivers of Kent County, Delaware
Category:Rivers of Sussex County, Delaware
Category:Water trails