Loading AI tools
River in United States of America From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Mispillion River is a river flowing to Delaware Bay in southern Delaware in the United States. It is approximately 15 miles (24 km) long and drains an area of 76 square miles (200 km2) on the Atlantic Coastal Plain.
Mispillion River | |
---|---|
![]() The Mispillion River in Milford in 2006 | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
Counties | Kent Sussex |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | confluence of Beaverdam and Tantrough Branches at Blairs Pond |
• location | near Milford |
• coordinates | 38°52′53″N 75°30′00″W[1] |
• elevation | 29 ft (8.8 m)[2] |
Mouth | Delaware Bay |
• location | near Mispillion Light |
• coordinates | 38°57′05″N 75°18′48″W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[1] |
Length | 15 mi (24 km)approximately[3] |
Basin size | 76 sq mi (200 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• average | 91.77 cu ft/s (2.599 m3/s) at mouth with Delaware Bay[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Delaware Bay |
Tributaries | |
• left | Beaverdam Branch Lednum Branch Mullet Run Swan Creek Fishing Branch Beaverdam Branch Kings Causeway Branch Crooked Gut |
• right | Tantrough Branch Johnson Branch Bowman Branch Deep Branch |
Waterbodies | Blairs Pond Griffith Lake Haven Lake Silver Lake |
It rises in northern Sussex County, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Milford, and flows generally east-northeastwardly, defining the boundary between Sussex and Kent counties; it passes through the center of Milford on its course to its mouth at Delaware Bay, 16 miles (26 km) northwest of Cape Henlopen.[3][6] The lower 12 miles (19 km) of the river are considered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to be navigable.[7]
A boardwalk known as the Mispillion Riverwalk follows the river in Milford. As of 2003[update], an effort was underway to preserve a greenway along the river upstream and downstream of Milford.[8]
According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Mispillion River has also been known historically as:[1]
|
|
"The first occurrence of this name (of the river) is in the form Mispening on a map of 1664, tentatively analyzed as meaning "as the great tuber (stream);" (Dunlap and Weslager, 1950)
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.