Delaware River watershed

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drainage basin hydrologic unit river watershed

The Delaware River watershed is the drainage basin that collects precipitation and runoff feeding the Delaware River and its tributaries across parts of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Delaware River Valley	10
Delaware River basin	10
Delaware River Basin	2
Delaware River valley	2
Delaware River region	1
Delaware River valley (distant views)	1
Delaware River valley (in part)	1
Delaware watershed	1

Statements (89)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	drainage basin ⓘ hydrologic unit ⓘ river watershed ⓘ
borders	Atlantic coastal watersheds of New Jersey ⓘ Chesapeake Bay watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ Hudson River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ Susquehanna River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsCity	Allentown, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ Bethlehem, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ Camden, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ Dover, Delaware NERFINISHED ⓘ Easton, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ Trenton, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilmington, Delaware NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsProtectedArea	Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge NERFINISHED ⓘ Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area NERFINISHED ⓘ John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum NERFINISHED ⓘ Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
crossesPhysiographicProvince	Appalachian Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlantic Coastal Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ Piedmont NERFINISHED ⓘ Ridge and Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
drainsInto	Delaware River NERFINISHED ⓘ
emptiesInto	Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy	Delaware River Basin Compact NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasClimate	humid continental climate ⓘ humid subtropical climate ⓘ
hasHydrologicFeature	Delaware Estuary NERFINISHED ⓘ headwater streams ⓘ non-tidal river reaches ⓘ tidal freshwater zone ⓘ
hasMajorLandUse	agricultural ⓘ forest ⓘ suburban ⓘ urban ⓘ
hasMouthNear	Delaware Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesTributary	Appoquinimink River NERFINISHED ⓘ Beaver Brook NERFINISHED ⓘ Brandywine Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Bushkill Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Chester Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Christina River NERFINISHED ⓘ Cobbs Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Cohansey River NERFINISHED ⓘ Cooper River NERFINISHED ⓘ Darby Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Flat Brook NERFINISHED ⓘ Lackawaxen River NERFINISHED ⓘ Lehigh River NERFINISHED ⓘ Maurice River NERFINISHED ⓘ Mongaup River NERFINISHED ⓘ Murderkill River NERFINISHED ⓘ Musconetcong River NERFINISHED ⓘ Neshaminy Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Neversink River NERFINISHED ⓘ Paulins Kill NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennypack Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Pequest River NERFINISHED ⓘ Perkiomen Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Poquessing Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Rancocas Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Clay Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Ridley Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Salem River NERFINISHED ⓘ Schuylkill River NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Jones River NERFINISHED ⓘ Tohickon Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Tulpehocken Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ White Clay Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Wissahickon Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Delaware NERFINISHED ⓘ New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: New Jersey New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennsylvania ⓘ
majorRiver	Delaware River NERFINISHED ⓘ
monitoredBy	Delaware River Basin Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Mid-Atlantic region of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
providesService	drinking water supply ⓘ habitat for aquatic species ⓘ habitat for migratory birds ⓘ recreation ⓘ
threatenedBy	agricultural runoff ⓘ climate change ⓘ industrial pollution ⓘ sea level rise ⓘ urban runoff ⓘ

Referenced by (70)

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

Falls Township, Pennsylvania → locatedInWatershed → Delaware River watershed ⓘ

Maurice River → drainageBasin → Delaware River watershed ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delaware River basin

Cohansey River → locatedInWatershed → Delaware River watershed ⓘ

New York City water tunnels → connectsTo → Delaware River watershed ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delaware watershed

SAN → relatedTo → Delaware River watershed ⓘ

subject surface form: Schuylkill Action Network

this entity surface form: Delaware River Basin

Town of Neversink, New York → locatedInWatershed → Delaware River watershed ⓘ

Vernon Township, New Jersey → locatedNear → Delaware River watershed ⓘ

Kittatinny Mountains → drainageBasin → Delaware River watershed ⓘ

Montague Township, New Jersey → locatedIn → Delaware River watershed ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delaware River Valley

Perkiomen Valley → partOf → Delaware River watershed ⓘ

Matamoras, Pennsylvania → locatedInWatershed → Delaware River watershed ⓘ

East Branch Perkiomen Creek → partOf → Delaware River watershed ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delaware River basin

East Branch Perkiomen Creek → locatedInRiverBasin → Delaware River watershed ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delaware River basin

West Branch Perkiomen Creek → partOfWatershed → Delaware River watershed ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delaware River basin

West Branch Perkiomen Creek → isPartOf → Delaware River watershed ⓘ

Schuylkill River and Delaware River → partOf → Delaware River watershed ⓘ

subject surface form: Schuylkill River

Schuylkill River and Delaware River → drainageBasin → Delaware River watershed ⓘ

subject surface form: Delaware River

Skippack Creek → riverBasin → Delaware River watershed ⓘ

Slide Mountain, the highest peak in the Catskills → drainage → Delaware River watershed ⓘ

subject surface form: Slide Mountain

Yardville, New Jersey → drainageBasin → Delaware River watershed ⓘ