Delaware River

E19156

river

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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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Delaware River canonical	348
Delaware River watershed	9
Delaware River basin	3
Delaware River shipping channel	2
Delaware River (nearby)	1
Delaware River (regional proximity)	1
Delaware River (western boundary)	1
Delaware River at Bull’s Island	1
Delaware River corridor	1
Delaware River tidal system	1
Delaware River western New Jersey region	1
middle Delaware River	1
upper Delaware River	1

Statements (49)

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	National Wild and Scenic Rivers System units ⓘ surface form: Wild and Scenic River (upper segments)
flowsInto	Mid-Atlantic Bight of the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
flowsPast	Camden ⓘ surface form: Camden, New Jersey Philadelphia ⓘ Trenton, New Jersey ⓘ surface form: Trenton Wilmington, Delaware ⓘ
flowsThrough	Province of Delaware ⓘ surface form: Delaware New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: 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	Washington Crossing the Delaware ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
partOf	Delaware River self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Delaware River watershed
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (371)

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

Philadelphia → traversedBy → Delaware River ⓘ

Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze → narrativeLocation → Delaware River ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington Crossing the Delaware (Leutze)

New Netherland → majorRiver → Delaware River ⓘ

Durham boat → usedOn → Delaware River ⓘ

Philadelphia metropolitan area → river → Delaware River ⓘ

New York and New Jersey campaign → geographicFeature → Delaware River ⓘ

Battle of Trenton → riverCrossed → Delaware River ⓘ

Hopewell Township → borders → Delaware River ⓘ

New York Shipbuilding Corporation → locatedOn → Delaware River ⓘ

Northeastern United States → hasMajorRiver → Delaware River ⓘ

Delaware River waterfront → locatedOnRiver → Delaware River ⓘ

Schuylkill River → mouthLocatedIn → Delaware River ⓘ

Schuylkill River → riverSystem → Delaware River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delaware River watershed

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 ⓘ

Fort Nassau (New Jersey) → locatedOnRiver → Delaware River ⓘ

Central New Jersey → hasMajorRiver → Delaware River ⓘ

Central New Jersey → borders → Delaware River ⓘ

Catskill Mountains → drainageBasin → Delaware River ⓘ

Delaware River → partOf → Delaware River self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delaware River watershed

Province of Delaware → namedAfter → Delaware River ⓘ

Province of Delaware → hasMajorRiver → Delaware River ⓘ

Old City historic district → boundedBy → Delaware River ⓘ

West Jersey → territoryIncludes → Delaware River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delaware River western New Jersey region

West Jersey → borderedBy → Delaware River ⓘ

PATCO Speedline → crosses → Delaware River ⓘ

South Jersey → containsRiver → Delaware River ⓘ

Philadelphia International Airport → locatedNear → Delaware River ⓘ

Schuylkill River National and State Heritage Area → riverSystem → Delaware River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delaware River basin

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 → namedAfter → Delaware River ⓘ

subject surface form: Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Delaware County → hasBorderOn → Delaware River ⓘ

subject surface form: Delaware County, Pennsylvania

New Jersey, United States → majorRiver → Delaware River ⓘ

subject surface form: New Jersey

Delaware Colony → namedAfter → Delaware River ⓘ

Interstate 84 → crosses → Delaware River ⓘ

Bucks County, Pennsylvania → traversedByRiver → Delaware River ⓘ

Northeast Philadelphia → borderedBy → Delaware River ⓘ

Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, New Jersey, United States → locatedOn → Delaware River ⓘ

subject surface form: Riverview Cemetery (Trenton, New Jersey)

Durham, Pennsylvania → locatedOnWaterbody → Delaware River ⓘ

Delaware Bay → mouthOf → Delaware River ⓘ

Delaware Bay → inflow → Delaware River ⓘ

Delaware Bay → isPartOf → Delaware River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delaware River watershed

Pennsbury Manor → locatedOn → Delaware River ⓘ