List of rivers of Delaware explained
List of rivers in Delaware (U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by name.
Major rivers and creeks (28)
All named streams (437)
- Agricultural Ditch, Sussex County
- Ake Ditch, Sussex County
- Alapocas Run, New Castle County
- Allabands Mill Stream, Kent County
- Alms House Ditch, Sussex County
- Almshouse Branch, Kent County
- Alston Branch, Kent County
- Angle Rod Creek, New Castle County
- Appoquinimink River, New Castle County
- Army Creek, New Castle County
- Arnell Creek, Sussex County
- Ash Gut, Kent County
- Asketum Branch, Sussex County
- Augustine Creek, New Castle County
- Back Creek, New Castle County
- Bacon Island Creek, Sussex County
- Baker Mill Branch, Sussex County
- Bald Cypress Branch, Sussex County
- Bald Eagle Creek, Sussex County
- Barlow Branch, New Castle County
- Batson Branch, Sussex County
- Beachy Neidig Ditch, Kent County
- Bearhole Ditch, Sussex County
- Beaver Branch, New Castle County
- Beaver Creek, New Castle County
- Beaver Dam Branch, Sussex County
- Beaver Gut Ditch, Kent County
- Beaverdam Creek, Sussex County
- Bee Branch, Sussex County
- Belltown Run, New Castle County
- Bennefield Branch, Kent County
- Big Ditch, The, New Castle County
- Big Mill Branch, Sussex County
- Black Arm Prong, Kent County
- Black Savannah Ditch, Sussex County
- Black Stallion Ditch, New Castle County
- Black Swamp Creek, Kent County
- Blackbird Creek, New Castle County
- Blackwater Creek, Sussex County
- Blackwater Creek, Sussex County
- Blanco Ditch, Kent County
- Bogy Run, New Castle County
- Booth Branch, Kent County
- Bowman Branch, Sussex County
- Brandywine Creek, New Castle County
- Brasures Branch, Sussex County
- Bridgeville Branch, Sussex County
- Bright Haines Glade Branch, Kent County
- Brights Branch, Sussex County
- Brittingham Branch, Sussex County
- Broad Creek, Sussex County
- Broadkill River, Sussex County
- Brockonbridge Gut, Kent County
- Browns Branch, Kent County
- Bucks Branch, Sussex County
- Bullock Prong, Kent County
- Bundicks Branch, Sussex County
- Buntings Branch, Sussex County
- Burrows Run, New Castle County
- Burrsville Branch, Kent County
- Burton Prong, Sussex County
- Butler Mill Branch, Sussex County
- Cahoon Branch, Kent County
- Canary Creek, Sussex County
- Carney Run, New Castle County
- Cart Branch, Sussex County
- Cattail Branch, Kent County
- Cedar Creek, New Castle County
- Cedar Creek, Sussex County
- Chapel Branch, Sussex County
- Chapel Branch, Sussex County
- Cherry Walk Creek, Sussex County
- Chestnut Run, New Castle County
- Choptank River, Kent County
- Christina River, New Castle County
- Church Branch, Sussex County
- Clarksville Branch, Sussex County
- Clear Brook, Sussex County
- Cod Creek, Sussex County
- Coffee Run, New Castle County
- Cohee Prong, Kent County
- Collins Creek, Sussex County
- Connelly Mill Branch, Sussex County
- Cool Branch, Sussex County
- Cooper Branch, Sussex County
- Copper Branch, Kent County
- Corks Point Ditch, New Castle County
- Cow Bridge Branch, Sussex County
- Cow Marsh Creek, Kent County
- Cowhouse Branch, Sussex County
- Crony Pond Branch, Sussex County
- Crooked Creek, Sussex County
- Crystal Run, New Castle County
- Culbreth Marsh Ditch, Kent County
- Cypress Branch, Kent County
- Cypress Branch, New Castle County
- Deep Branch, Sussex County
- Deep Branch, Sussex County
- Deep Branch, Sussex County
- Deep Creek, New Castle County
- Deep Creek Sussex County
- Deep Hole Branch, Sussex County
- Delaware River, New Castle County
- Derrickson Ditch, Sussex County
- Devious Branch, Kent County
- Dirickson Creek, Sussex County
- Ditch Creek, Sussex County
- Dogwood Branch, New Castle County
- Doll Run, New Castle County
- Dorman Branch, Sussex County
- Doty Glade, Sussex County
- Double Fork Branch, Sussex County
- Double Run, Kent County
- Dragon Creek, New Castle County
- Drawyer Creek, New Castle County
- Drum Creek, Sussex County
- Duck Creek, Kent County
- Duck Creek, Kent County
- Dukes and Jobs Ditch, Sussex County
- Dukes Ditch, Sussex County
- Dutton Ditch, Sussex County
- Dyke Branch, Kent County
- East Branch Christina River, New Castle County
- Ebenezer Branch, Sussex County
- Eli Walls Ditch, Sussex County
- Elliott Pond Branch, Sussex County
- Fairfield Run, New Castle County
- Fan Branch, Kent County
- Finis Branch, Kent County
- Fisher Creek, Sussex County
- Fishing Branch, Kent County
- Fishing Creek, New Castle County
- Fivefoot Prong, Kent County
- Fork Branch, Kent County
- Fork Number One Pepper Creek, Sussex County
- Freidel Prong, Sussex County
- Gambles Gut, New Castle County
- Georgetown-Vaughn Ditch, Sussex County
- Gilbert Trivitts Ditch, Sussex County
- Gill Branch, Sussex County
- Gills Branch, Sussex County
- Glade Branch, Sussex County
- Gordon Branch, Sussex County
- Goslee Creek, Sussex County
- Graham Branch, Sussex County
- Gravelly Branch, Kent County
- Gravelly Branch, Sussex County
- Gravelly Ditch, Sussex County
- Gravelly Run, Kent County
- Grays Branch, Sussex County
- Grays Prong, Sussex County
- Great Bohemia Creek, New Castle County
- Greens Branch, Kent County
- Green Briar Branch, Sussex County
- Green Creek, Kent County
- Green Spring Branch, New Castle County
- Greenlees Ditch, Kent County
- Green Branch, Kent County
- Grubby Neck Branch, Sussex County
- Guinea Creek, Sussex County
- Gum Branch, Sussex County
- Gum Branch, Sussex County
- Guthrie Branch, New Castle County
- Hangmans Run, New Castle County
- Harrington Beaverdam Ditch, Kent County
- Hawkey Branch, Kent County
- Hawks Inlet (historical), Kent County
- Heron Drain, Kent County
- Herring Branch, Kent County
- Herring Branch, New Castle County
- Herring Branch, Sussex County
- Herring Branch, Sussex County
- Herring Creek, Sussex County
- Herring Run, New Castle County
- Herring Run, Sussex County
- Herron Run, Kent County
- Hickman Ditch, Kent County
- Hill Savannah Ditch, Sussex County
- Hitch Pond Branch, Sussex County
- Holland Glade, Sussex County
- Holly Branch, Sussex County
- Hopkins Prong, Kent County
- Hopkins Prong, Sussex County
- Horse Pen Branch, Sussex County
- Horse Pound Swamp Ditch, Sussex County
- Horsepen Arm, Kent County
- Horsepen Ditch, Kent County
- Houston Branch, Sussex County
- Houston-Thorogood Ditch, Sussex County
- Hudson Branch, Kent County
- Hurley Drain, Sussex County
- Hurricane Run, New Castle County
- Husbands Run, New Castle County
- Hyde Run, New Castle County
- Improvement Branch, Kent County
- Indian Branch, Kent County
- Indian River, Sussex County
- Ingram Branch, Kent County
- Ingram Branch, Sussex County
- Ingram Branch, Sussex County
- Iron Branch, Sussex County
- Iron Mine Branch, Sussex County
- Iron Mine Prong, Kent County
- Isaac Branch, Kent County
- Island Creek, Sussex County
- Island Pond Marsh Ditch, Kent County
- Isaac Branch, Kent County
- Jackson Branch, Sussex County
- Jackson Prong, Kent County
- James Branch, Sussex County
- Jamison Branch, Kent County
- Jobs Ditch, Sussex County
- Johnson Branch, Sussex County
- Johnson Branch, Sussex County
- Jones Branch, Sussex County
- Jones Mill Branch, Sussex County
- Jordan Branch, Kent County
- Joy Run, New Castle County
- Kent-Sussex Line Branch, Kent County
- Kings Causeway Branch, Kent County
- Lamborn Run, New Castle County
- Layton-Vaughn Ditch, Sussex County
- Leathermans Run, New Castle County
- Lednum Branch, Kent County
- Lee Joseph Creek, Sussex County
- Leipsic River, Kent County
- Lewes Creek, Sussex County
- Lewis Prong, Sussex County
- Lingo Creek, Sussex County
- Little Creek, Sussex County
- Little Mill Creek, New Castle County
- Little River, Kent County
- Long Branch, Sussex County
- Long Creek, New Castle County
- Long Drain Ditch, Sussex County
- Lost Stream, New Castle County
- Love Creek, Sussex County
- Luther Marvel Prong, Kent County
- Mahon River, Kent County
- Maidstone Branch, Kent County
- Maple Branch, Sussex County
- Maple Marsh and Beaver Dam Branch, Sussex County
- Marshyhope Ditch, Kent County
- Martin Branch, Sussex County
- Massey Branch, New Castle County
- Matson Run, New Castle County
- Mayer Branch, Sussex County
- McColleys Branch, Sussex County
- McCrays Branch, Sussex County
- McGee Ditch, Sussex County
- Meadow Branch, Sussex County
- Meredith Branch, Kent County
- Middle Run, New Castle County
- Mifflin Ditch, Sussex County
- Mill Branch, Sussex County
- Mill Creek, Kent County
- Mill Creek (White Clay Creek tributary), New Castle County
- Mill Creek, New Castle County
- Miller Creek, Sussex County
- Mirey Branch, Sussex County
- Mispillion River, Sussex County
- Mockingbird Creek, Sussex County
- Mockingbird Creek, Sussex County
- Morgan Branch, Kent County
- Morgan Branch, Sussex County
- Morris Branch, New Castle County
- Morris Branch, Sussex County
- Muddy Bottom Ditch, Kent County
- Muddy Branch, Kent County
- Muddy Run, New Castle County
- Mullet Run, Kent County
- Munchy Branch, Sussex County
- Murderkill River, Kent County
- Naamans Creek, New Castle County
- Narrow Ditch, Sussex County
- New Ditch, Sussex County
- Newell Branch, Kent County
- Nonesuch Creek, New Castle County
- North Fork Green Run, Sussex County
- North Prong, Sussex County
- Number One Prong, Sussex County
- Number Two Prong, Kent County
- Old Baptist Church Branch, Kent County
- Old Forge Branch, Sussex County
- Old Mill Creek, Sussex County
- Old Slaughter Creek, Sussex County
- Owens Branch, Sussex County
- Owens Branch, Sussex County
- Parker and Sampson Ditch, Sussex County
- Parker Branch, Sussex County
- Parnell Branch, Kent County
- Paw Paw Branch, New Castle County
- Pemberton Branch, Sussex County
- Penrose Branch, Kent County
- Pepper Branch, Sussex County
- Pepper Creek, Sussex County
- Perch Creek, New Castle County
- Perkins Run, New Castle County
- Persimmon Run, New Castle County
- Peterkins Branch, Sussex County
- Phillips Branch, Sussex County
- Phillips Ditch, Sussex County
- Pigeon Run, New Castle County
- Pike Creek, New Castle County
- Piney Branch, Sussex County
- Pinks Branch, Kent County
- Pipe Elm Branch, Kent County
- Plum Creek, Sussex County
- Point Branch, Kent County
- Polk Branch, Sussex County
- Polly Branch, Sussex County
- Pot Hook Creek, Sussex County
- Powell Ditch, Kent County
- Pratt Branch, Kent County
- Presbyterian Branch, Sussex County
- Price Prong, Kent County
- Primehook Creek, Sussex County
- Prong Number One, Sussex County, Delaware
- Prong Number Two, Kent County
- Prospect Branch, Kent County
- Providence Creek, Kent County
- Puncheon Run, Kent County
- Quarter Branch, Kent County
- Raccoon Ditch, Sussex County
- Raccoon Prong, Sussex County
- Ramsey Run, New Castle County
- Red Clay Creek, New Castle County
- Red House Branch, Kent County
- Red Lion Creek, New Castle County
- Rocky Run, New Castle County
- Rogers Branch, Sussex County
- Ross Prong, Kent County
- Rossakatum Branch, Sussex County
- Round Pole Branch, Sussex County
- Roy Creek, Sussex County
- Rum Bridge Branch, Sussex County
- Saint Georges Creek, New Castle County
- St. Jones River, Kent County
- Sandom Branch, New Castle County
- Sandtown Branch, Kent County
- Sandy Branch, New Castle County
- Sandy Branch, Sussex County
- Sangston Prong, Kent County
- Sarah Run, Sussex County
- Saulsbury Creek, Kent County
- Saunders Branch, Sussex County
- Savannah Ditch, Sussex County
- Sawmill Branch, New Castle County
- Scott Run, New Castle County
- Sewell Branch, Kent County
- Sheep Pen Ditch, Sussex County
- Shellpot Creek, New Castle County
- Shields Prong, Kent County
- Shoals Branch, Sussex County
- Short and Hall Ditch, Sussex County
- Shorts Ditch, Sussex County
- Silver Run, New Castle County
- Simons River, Kent County
- Simpler Branch, Sussex County
- Slaughter Creek, Sussex County
- Smith-Short and Willin Ditch, Sussex County
- Smyrna River, New Castle County
- Snows Branch, Kent County
- Sockorockets Ditch, Sussex County
- South Branch Naamans Creek, New Castle County
- Sowbridge Branch, Sussex County
- Spring Branch, Kent County
- Spring Creek, Kent County
- Spruances Branch, Kent County
- Stallion Head Branch, Sussex County
- Stockley Branch, Sussex County
- Stockley Creek, Sussex County
- Stoney Branch, Sussex County
- Stenkil Creek, New Castle County
- Stump Creek, Sussex County
- Sunset Branch, Sussex County
- Swan Creek, Kent County
- Swan Creek, Sussex County
- Tantrough Branch, Sussex County
- Tanyard Branch, Sussex County
- Tappahanna Ditch, Kent County
- Taylor Branch, Kent County
- Terrapin Pond, Sussex County
- Thompson Branch, Sussex County
- Thorndyk Branch, Kent County
- Tidbury Creek, Kent County
- Tidy Island Creek, Kent County
- Tom Creek, New Castle County
- Tomahawk Branch, Kent County
- Toms Dam Branch, Sussex County
- Tubbs Branch, Sussex County
- Trunk Ditch, Kent County
- Tubmill Branch, Kent County
- Turkey Branch, Sussex County
- Turkey Branch, Sussex County
- Turkey Run, New Castle County
- Turtle Branch, Sussex County
- Tussocky Branch, Sussex County
- Tussocky Branch, Sussex County
- Twiford Meadow Ditch, Sussex County
- Tyndall Branch, Sussex County
- Unity Branch, Sussex County
- Vena Gains Branch, Sussex County
- Vines Creek, Sussex County
- Wall Branch, Sussex County
- Ward Branch, Kent County
- Wards Branch, Sussex County
- Warwick Gut, Sussex County
- Webber Branch, Kent County
- Welsh Branch, Sussex County
- West Branch Christina River, New Castle County
- West Branch Gum Branch, Sussex County
- West Branch Naamans Creek, New Castle County
- Whartons Branch, Sussex County
- Wheeling Branch, Sussex County
- White Clay Creek, New Castle County
- White Creek, Sussex County
- White Marsh Branch, Kent County
- White Marsh Branch, Sussex County
- White Oak Creek, Sussex County
- White Oak Swamp Ditch, Sussex County
- Wildcat Branch, Kent County
- Wiley Branch Ditch, Sussex County
- William H Newton Ditch, Sussex County
- Williams Creek, Sussex County
- Willis Branch, Kent County
- Willow Grove Prong, Kent County
- Willow Run, New Castle County
- Wilson Creek, Sussex County
- Wilson Run, New Castle County
- Wisacco Cipus (historical), New Castle County
- Wolfe Glade, Sussex County
- Wood Duck Run, New Castle County
- Wright Creek, Sussex County
Rivers and streams by watershed
- Rehoboth Bay
- Indian River Bay
- Lingo Creek
- Indian River
- Emily Gut
- Blackwater Creek
- Pepper Creek
- Island Creek
- Warwick Gut
- Swan Creek
- Whartons Branch
- Shoals Branch
- Cow Bridge Branch
- Stockley Branch
- Alms House Ditch
- Horse Pound Swamp Ditch
- Gills Branch
- Deep Branch
- Peterkins Branch
- White Oak Swamp Ditch
- Simpler Branch
- Sheep Pen Ditch
- Pepper Creek
- Blackwater Creek
- Stump Creek
- Vines Creek
- Herring Branch
- Deep Hole Branch
- McCrays Branch
- Fork No. 1
- Collins Creek
- White Creek
- Sloughs Gut
- Little Assawoman Bay
- Assawoman Bay
- Elk River (Maryland)
- Sassafras River
- Chester River (MD)
- Cypress Branch
- Dogwood Branch
- Black Stallion Ditch
- Andover Branch
- Choptank River
- Chapel Branch (MD)
- Garey Mill Pond Branch
- Hopkins Prong
- Bullock Prong
- Price Prong
- Spring Branch
- Gravelly Branch
- Herron Run
- Shields Prong
- White Marsh Branch
- Sangston Prong
- Sandtown Branch
- Cow Marsh Creek
- Meredith Branch
- Wildcat Branch
- Horsepen Ditch
- Jackson Prong
- Cohee Prong
- Iron Mine Prong
- Fivefoot Prong
- Willow Grove Prong
- Cow Marsh Ditch
- Culbreth Marsh Ditch
- Luther Marvel Prong
- Beachy Neidig Ditch
- Ross Prong
- Powell Ditch
- Ditch Road Ditch
- Tidy Island Creek
- Tappahanna Ditch
- Harrington Beaverdam Ditch
- Nanticoke River
- Wicomico River (MD)
- North Prong Wicomico River (MD)
- Leonard Pond Run (MD)
- Connelly Mill Branch
- North Prong Leonard Pond Run (MD)
- Jackson Branch
- Mayer Branch
- Pocomoke River
- Green Run (MD)
- Grays Prong
- Gum Branch
- Bald Cypress Branch
- Lewis Prong
- Grays Prong
- Tenfoot Ditch
- Cowhouse Branch
See also
Notes and References
- Book: The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States . Govt. Print. Off. . Gannett, Henry . 1905 . 166.