Leipsic River
Leipsic River Tributary to Delaware Bay | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | Kent |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | confluence of Pinks Branch and Taylor Branch |
• location | about 1 mile north of Seven Hickories, Delaware[2] |
• coordinates | 39°13′55″N 075°38′11″W / 39.23194°N 75.63639°W[1] |
• elevation | 24 ft (7.3 m)[2] |
Mouth | Delaware Bay |
• location | about 0.25 miles south of Goose Point[2] |
• coordinates | 39°14′40″N 075°24′11″W / 39.24444°N 75.40306°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[2] |
Length | 16.55 mi (26.63 km)[3] |
Basin size | 53.13 square miles (137.6 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Delaware Bay |
• average | 56.82 cu ft/s (1.609 m3/s) at mouth with Delaware Bay[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | east |
• right | Taylor Branch Willis Branch Alston Branch Dyke Branch Boat Gut |
Waterbodies | Masseys Millpond Garrisons Lake |
The Leipsic River is a 16.7-mile-long (26.9 km) river[5] in central Delaware in the United States.
It rises in northern
wetlands that are protected as part of Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
.
See also
- List of Delaware rivers
References
- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Leipsic River". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Leipsic River Range Lights Topo Map, Kent County DE (Little Creek Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Leipsic River Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 1, 2011
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