Choptank River

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The Choptank River is a major tributary on the Eastern Shore of Maryland that flows through rural and tidal landscapes before emptying into the Chesapeake Bay.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Choptank River canonical 22
Choptank River watershed 3
Choptank River region 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
tributary ⓘ
associatedWith Choptank Indians ⓘ
linked to: Nanticoke people
basinCountry United States ⓘ
basinSize approximately 1,004 square miles ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crossedBy Frederick C. Malkus Bridge ⓘ
U.S. Route 50 ⓘ
drainageAreaIncludes agricultural land ⓘ
rural landscapes ⓘ
tidal wetlands ⓘ
ecoregion Coastal Plain ⓘ
emptiesInto Chesapeake Bay near Tilghman Island ⓘ
flowsGenerally southwest ⓘ
flowsPast Cambridge, Maryland ⓘ
Dentón, Maryland ⓘ
linked to: Denton, Maryland

Greensboro, Maryland ⓘ
flowsThrough Caroline County, Maryland ⓘ
Caroline County, Virginia ⓘ
Dorchester County, Maryland ⓘ
Talbot County, Maryland ⓘ
hasEstuary Choptank River estuary ⓘ
hasNameOrigin Algonquian language ⓘ
hasPortion non-tidal river ⓘ
tidal river ⓘ
hasTributary Hunting Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marshyhope Creek ⓘ
Tuckahoe Creek ⓘ
importantFor commercial fisheries ⓘ
migratory waterfowl ⓘ
recreational tourism ⓘ
knownFor blue crab habitat ⓘ
boating ⓘ
recreational fishing ⓘ
length approximately 71 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Delaware ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
locatedInHydrologicUnit Choptank River basin ⓘ
linked to: Choptank River
locatedOnEasternShoreOf Maryland ⓘ
monitoredBy United States Geological Survey ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
mouthLocatedNear Tilghman Island, Maryland ⓘ
partOfWatershed Chesapeake Bay watershed ⓘ
region Eastern Shore of Maryland ⓘ
sourceLocatedIn Delaware ⓘ
sourceLocatedNear Bridgeville, Delaware ⓘ
subjectOf nutrient management programs ⓘ
water quality restoration efforts ⓘ
tributaryOf Chesapeake Bay ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (28)

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

Chesapeake Bay → hasInflow → Choptank River ⓘ
Talbot County, Maryland → locatedOn → Choptank River ⓘ
Delmarva Peninsula → majorRiver → Choptank River ⓘ
Dorchester County, Maryland → contains → Choptank River ⓘ
Tred Avon River → tributaryOf → Choptank River ⓘ
Tred Avon River → mouthLocatedIn → Choptank River ⓘ
Choptank River → locatedInHydrologicUnit → Choptank River basin ⓘ
linked to: Choptank River
Eastern Shore of Maryland → waterBody → Choptank River ⓘ
East New Market, Maryland → locatedNear → Choptank River ⓘ
Secretary, Maryland → locatedNear → Choptank River ⓘ
Cambridge, Maryland → locatedOn → Choptank River ⓘ
Preston, Maryland → isLocatedNear → Choptank River region ⓘ
linked to: Choptank River
Tuckahoe Creek → tributaryOf → Choptank River ⓘ
Tuckahoe Creek → mouthLocation → Choptank River ⓘ
Tuckahoe Creek → partOf → Choptank River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Choptank River
Choptank River estuary → partOf → Choptank River ⓘ
Choptank River estuary → formsMouthOf → Choptank River ⓘ
Choptank River estuary → connectedTo → Choptank River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Choptank River
Denton, Maryland → locatedOn → Choptank River ⓘ
Federalsburg, Maryland → hasGeographicFeature → Choptank River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Choptank River
Greensboro, Maryland → locatedOn → Choptank River ⓘ
Greensboro, Maryland → waterwayNearby → Choptank River ⓘ
Ridgely, Maryland → locatedNear → Choptank River region ⓘ
linked to: Choptank River
Hillsboro, Maryland → locatedOn → Choptank River ⓘ
Frederick C. Malkus Bridge → crosses → Choptank River ⓘ