Leipsic River Explained

Leipsic River
Name Other:Tributary to Delaware Bay
Map Size:200
Pushpin Map:USA Delaware#USA
Pushpin Map Size:200
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Leipsic River mouth
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Delaware
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Kent
Length:16.55miles[1]
Discharge1 Location:Delaware Bay
Discharge1 Avg:56.82cuft/s at mouth with Delaware Bay[2]
Source1:confluence of Pinks Branch and Taylor Branch
Source1 Location:about 1 mile north of Seven Hickories, Delaware[3]
Source1 Coordinates:39.2319°N -75.6364°W[4]
Source1 Elevation:24feet[5]
Mouth:Delaware Bay
Mouth Location:about 0.25 miles south of Goose Point[6]
Mouth Coordinates:39.2444°N -75.4031°W[7]
Mouth Elevation:0feet[8]
Progression:east
River System:Delaware Bay
Basin Size:[9]
Tributaries Left:Pinks Branch
Snows Branch
Spruances Branch
Bennefield Branch
Raymond Gut
Duck Creek
Tributaries Right:Taylor Branch
Willis Branch
Alston Branch
Dyke Branch
Boat Gut
Waterbodies:Masseys Millpond
Garrisons Lake

The Leipsic River is a 16.7adj=midNaNadj=mid river[10] in central Delaware in the United States.

It rises in northern Kent County, approximately northwest of Dover. It flows generally east, past Leipsic and entering Delaware Bay approximately northeast of Dover. The mouth of the river on Delaware Bay is surrounded by extensive wetlands that are protected as part of Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS Web Application . epa.maps.arcgis.com . US EPA . 11 August 2019.
  2. Web site: Leipsic River Watershed Report . Waters Geoviewer . US EPA . 11 August 2019.
  3. Web site: Leipsic River Range Lights Topo Map, Kent County DE (Little Creek Area) . TopoZone . Locality, LLC . 11 August 2019 . en.
  4. Web site: GNIS Detail - Leipsic River . geonames.usgs.gov . US Geological Survey . 11 August 2019.
  5. Web site: Leipsic River Range Lights Topo Map, Kent County DE (Little Creek Area) . TopoZone . Locality, LLC . 11 August 2019 . en.
  6. Web site: Leipsic River Range Lights Topo Map, Kent County DE (Little Creek Area) . TopoZone . Locality, LLC . 11 August 2019 . en.
  7. Web site: GNIS Detail - Leipsic River . geonames.usgs.gov . US Geological Survey . 11 August 2019.
  8. Web site: Leipsic River Range Lights Topo Map, Kent County DE (Little Creek Area) . TopoZone . Locality, LLC . 11 August 2019 . en.
  9. Web site: Leipsic River Watershed Report . Waters Geoviewer . US EPA . 11 August 2019.
  10. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011