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.

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Label Occurrences
Choptank River canonical 7
Choptank River basin 1

Statements (49)

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

Greensboro, Maryland
flowsThrough Caroline County, Maryland NERFINISHED
Caroline County, Virginia
Dorchester County, Maryland NERFINISHED
Talbot County, Maryland NERFINISHED
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 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Choptank River basin
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

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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 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Choptank River basin