Christina River

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The Christina River is a waterway in northern Delaware and southeastern Pennsylvania that flows through the city of Wilmington before joining the Delaware River.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Christina River canonical 10
Christina River watershed 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
adjacentCity Wilmington, Delaware
basinCountry United States of America
country United States of America
crossesBorderBetween Delaware
Pennsylvania
drainageBasinIncludes Cecil County, Maryland NERFINISHED
Chester County, Pennsylvania
New Castle County, Delaware
ecoregion Atlantic coastal plain
surface form: Coastal Plain

Piedmont (United States)
surface form: Piedmont
flowsInto Delaware River
flowsThrough Wilmington, Delaware
hasBridge Christina River Bridge (I-95)
South Market Street Bridge
Walnut Street Bridge (Wilmington)
hasEstuary Christina River estuary
hasPort Port of Wilmington
hasTributary Brandywine Creek
Little Mill Creek NERFINISHED
Red Clay Creek NERFINISHED
White Clay Creek NERFINISHED
hasUse drinking water supply
hasWatershedArea approximately 565 square miles
historicalAssociation New Sweden
surface form: New Sweden colony
locatedIn Delaware
Pennsylvania
locatedInRegion northern Delaware
southeastern Pennsylvania
monitoredBy Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
United States Geological Survey
surface form: U.S. Geological Survey
mouthLocation near Wilmington, Delaware
mouthOfWaterBody Delaware River
namedAfter Queen Christina of Sweden
near Fort Christina
partOf Atlantic coastal plain
surface form: Mid-Atlantic coastal plain
passesNear Christiana, Delaware
Newport, Delaware, United States
surface form: Newport, Delaware
riverSystem Delaware River watershed
sourceLocation Pennsylvania
near Elsmere, Delaware
tributaryOf Delaware River
usedFor industrial transport
recreation
shipping
waterbodyType tidal river

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Delaware River tributary Christina River
Wilmington, Delaware locatedAtMouthOf Christina River
New Castle County, Delaware crossedBy Christina River
Delaware Bay inflow Christina River
Fort Christina locatedOnWaterbody Christina River
Wilmington Riverfront locatedAlong Christina River
Delaware Route 273 crosses Christina River
Brandywine Creek partOf Christina River
this entity surface form: Christina River watershed
Brandywine Creek mouthOf Christina River
Brandywine Creek tributaryOf Christina River