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 |
River system | Delaware Bay |
Tributaries | |
• left |
Pinks Branch Snows Branch Spruances Branch Bennefield Branch Raymond Gut Duck Creek |
• 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 Kent County, approximately 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Dover. It flows generally east, past Leipsic and entering Delaware Bay approximately 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Dover. The mouth of the river on Delaware Bay is surrounded by extensive wetlands that are protected as part of Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge.