Delaware River

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The Delaware River is a major waterway in the northeastern United States that forms part of the borders of several states and flows past major cities including Philadelphia before emptying into the Delaware Bay.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river
basinCountry United States of America
basinPopulation over 8 million people
country United States of America
crossedBy Benjamin Franklin Bridge
Commodore Barry Bridge
Delaware Memorial Bridge
Walt Whitman Bridge
drainageBasinArea approximately 14,000 square miles
approximately 36,000 square kilometers
emptiesInto Delaware Bay
environmentalDesignation Wild and Scenic River (upper segments)
flowsInto Mid-Atlantic Bight of the Atlantic Ocean
flowsPast Camden, New Jersey
linked to: Camden

Philadelphia
Trenton
linked to: Trenton, New Jersey

Wilmington, Delaware
flowsThrough Delaware
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
formsBorderBetween New York and New Jersey
New York and Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania and Delaware
Pennsylvania and New Jersey
historicalEventDate December 25–26, 1776
historicalEventSite George Washington's crossing of the Delaware
length approximately 360 miles
approximately 579 km
locatedIn Northeastern United States
majorPort Port of Philadelphia
Port of Wilmington
mouthLocation Atlantic Ocean
Delaware Bay
namedAfter Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
partOf Delaware River watershed
linked to: Delaware River
sourceLocation Catskill Mountains
New York
tributary Brandywine Creek
Christina River
Lackawaxen River
Lehigh River
Musconetcong River
Neversink River
Rancocas Creek
Schuylkill River
usedFor commercial shipping
drinking water supply
recreation

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Philadelphia traversedBy Delaware River
Washington Crossing the Delaware (Leutze) narrativeLocation Delaware River
New Netherland majorRiver Delaware River
Durham boat usedOn Delaware River
Philadelphia metropolitan area river Delaware River
Battle of Trenton riverCrossed Delaware River
Hopewell Township borders Delaware River
Schuylkill River mouthLocatedIn Delaware River
Schuylkill River riverSystem Delaware River watershed
linked to: Delaware River
Schuylkill River tributaryOf Delaware River
Orange County, New York borderedBy Delaware River
Pennsylvania hasLowestPoint Delaware River
Pennsylvania hasMajorRiver Delaware River
Delaware Valley namedAfter Delaware River
Delaware Valley hasRiver Delaware River
Central New Jersey hasMajorRiver Delaware River
Central New Jersey borders Delaware River
Catskill Mountains drainageBasin Delaware River
Delaware River partOf Delaware River watershed
linked to: Delaware River
Province of Delaware namedAfter Delaware River
Province of Delaware hasMajorRiver Delaware River
Old City historic district boundedBy Delaware River
West Jersey territoryIncludes Delaware River western New Jersey region
linked to: Delaware River
West Jersey borderedBy Delaware River
PATCO Speedline crosses Delaware River
South Jersey containsRiver Delaware River
Schuylkill River National and State Heritage Area riverSystem Delaware River basin
linked to: Delaware River
Wilmington, Delaware locatedOnRiver Delaware River
U.S. Route 206 crosses Delaware River
New Castle County, Delaware crossedBy Delaware River
Mercer County traversedByRiver Delaware River
Delaware County, Pennsylvania namedAfter Delaware River
subject linked to: Delaware County
Delaware County, Pennsylvania hasBorderOn Delaware River
subject linked to: Delaware County
New Jersey majorRiver Delaware River
subject linked to: New Jersey, United States
Delaware Colony namedAfter Delaware River
Interstate 84 crosses Delaware River
Northeast Philadelphia borderedBy Delaware River
Riverview Cemetery (Trenton, New Jersey) locatedOn Delaware River
Delaware Bay mouthOf Delaware River
Delaware Bay inflow Delaware River
Delaware Bay isPartOf Delaware River watershed
linked to: Delaware River
Pennsbury Manor locatedOn Delaware River