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 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

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Matamoras, Pennsylvania locatedOnRiver Delaware River
Schuylkill River and Delaware River tributaryOf Delaware River
subject surface form: Schuylkill River
Schuylkill River and Delaware River mouth Delaware River
subject surface form: Schuylkill River
Interstate 80 in New Jersey crosses Delaware River
Boothwyn, Pennsylvania hasNearbyWaterBody Delaware River
this entity surface form: Delaware River (nearby)
Lord De La Warr eponymOf Delaware River
subject surface form: Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
Warren County traversedByRiver Delaware River
Roebling Bridge locatedOnWaterway Delaware River
Roebling Bridge crosses Delaware River
Lumberland, New York locatedNear Delaware River
Lumberland, New York borderFeature Delaware River
William Cramp & Sons operatedOn Delaware River
Proprietors Park hasView Delaware River
Northampton County crossedByRiver Delaware River
Essington, Pennsylvania locatedOnRiver Delaware River
Waterfront Park (former name) locatedNextTo Delaware River
subject surface form: Waterfront Park
Delaware Township, New Jersey border Delaware River