Nanticoke River

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The Nanticoke River is a major tributary on the Delmarva Peninsula that flows through Delaware and Maryland before emptying into the Chesapeake Bay.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
tributary ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crossedBy Delaware Route 20 ⓘ
Delaware Route 24 ⓘ
Maryland Route 313 ⓘ
Maryland Route 331 ⓘ
U.S. Route 13 ⓘ
U.S. Route 50 ⓘ
drainageBasin Delaware ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
flowsNear Laurel, Delaware ⓘ
Nanticoke, Maryland ⓘ
Seaford, Delaware ⓘ
Sharptown, Maryland ⓘ
Vienna, Maryland ⓘ
flowsThrough Delaware ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
hasCityOnBank Seaford, Delaware ⓘ
Vienna, Maryland ⓘ
hasEcosystemType freshwater river ⓘ
tidal river ⓘ
hasMouthNear Tangier Sound ⓘ
hasRightTributary Marshyhope Creek ⓘ
hasTributary Broad Creek ⓘ
Deep Creek ⓘ
Quantico Creek ⓘ
Wetipquin Creek ⓘ
Wicomico River (Nanticoke tributary) ⓘ
hasWatershedArea approximately 1120 square miles ⓘ
importantFor migratory fish habitat ⓘ
waterfowl habitat ⓘ
wetland habitat ⓘ
locatedIn Delmarva Peninsula ⓘ
mouth Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Maryland ⓘ
namedAfter Nanticoke people ⓘ
partlyProtectedBy Chesapeake Bay Program conservation initiatives ⓘ
Nanticoke River Wildlife Management Area ⓘ
partOf Chesapeake Bay watershed ⓘ
region Mid-Atlantic United States ⓘ
linked to: Mid-Atlantic states
sourceLocation Sussex County, Delaware ⓘ
state Delaware ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
tributaryOf Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
usedFor boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
recreation ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chesapeake Bay → hasInflow → Nanticoke River ⓘ
Delmarva Peninsula → majorRiver → Nanticoke River ⓘ
Nanticoke → traditionalTerritoryFeature → Nanticoke River ⓘ
Sussex County → hasBodyOfWater → Nanticoke River ⓘ
Sussex County, Delaware → containsRiver → Nanticoke River ⓘ
Eastern Shore of Maryland → waterBody → Nanticoke River ⓘ
Marshyhope Creek → mouthOf → Nanticoke River ⓘ
Marshyhope Creek → tributaryOf → Nanticoke River ⓘ
Marshyhope Creek → partOf → Nanticoke River system ⓘ
linked to: Nanticoke River
Broad Creek → tributaryOf → Nanticoke River ⓘ
Broad Creek → partOf → Nanticoke River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Nanticoke River
Broad Creek → hasMouthIn → Nanticoke River ⓘ
Bridgeville, Delaware → nearWaterBody → Nanticoke River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Nanticoke River
Seaford, Delaware → locatedOn → Nanticoke River ⓘ
Seaford, Delaware → river → Nanticoke River ⓘ
Seaford, Delaware → waterway → Nanticoke River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Nanticoke River
Laurel, Delaware → waterway → Nanticoke River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Nanticoke River
Vienna, Maryland → locatedOnRiver → Nanticoke River ⓘ
Vienna, Maryland → hasWaterBody → Nanticoke River ⓘ
Sharptown, Maryland → locatedOnRiver → Nanticoke River ⓘ
Nanticoke, Maryland → locatedOnWaterbody → Nanticoke River ⓘ
Nanticoke, Maryland → namedAfter → Nanticoke River ⓘ
Deep Creek → tributaryOf → Nanticoke River ⓘ
Deep Creek → partOfWatershed → Nanticoke River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Nanticoke River
Deep Creek → flowsInto → Nanticoke River ⓘ
Deep Creek → isHydrologicallyConnectedTo → Nanticoke River ⓘ
Quantico Creek → tributaryOf → Nanticoke River ⓘ
Quantico Creek → flowsInto → Nanticoke River ⓘ
Quantico Creek → partOf → Nanticoke River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Nanticoke River
Quantico Creek → hasMouthIn → Nanticoke River ⓘ
Wetipquin Creek → mouthOf → Nanticoke River ⓘ
Wetipquin Creek → tributaryOf → Nanticoke River ⓘ
Wetipquin Creek → partOf → Nanticoke River system ⓘ
linked to: Nanticoke River