Delaware River
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Summary
Delaware River is a river[1]. It ranks in the top 0.34% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,408 views/month, #47 of 13,643).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Henry Hudson[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: New York[4], New Jersey[5], Pennsylvania[6], Delaware[7]
- Country: United States[8]
- Named after: Delaware Bay[9], Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr[10]
- Commons category: Delaware River[11]
- Mouth of the watercourse: Delaware Bay[12]
- Time of discovery or invention: 1609[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Delaware River[14]
- Tributary: Neversink River[15], Schuylkill River[16], Assunpink Creek[17], Lehigh River[18], Big Bushkill Creek[19], Crum Creek[20], Darby Creek[21], East Branch Delaware River[22], Lackawaxen River[23], Paulins Kill[24], Pennsauken Creek[25], Pequest River[26], Ridley Creek[27], Christina River[28]
- Category for the water basin: Category:Delaware River Basin[29]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[30], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[31], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[32], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[33], New International Encyclopedia[34], The New Student's Reference Work[35]
- Native label: Delaware River[36]
- Length: 579 km[37]
- Watershed area: 36,568 km²[38]
- Discharge: 224 cubic metre per second[39]
- Route diagram template: Template:Delaware River map[40]
- Drainage basin: Delaware River basin[41]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Delaware River include Delaware County[42], a county of Pennsylvania[43], in United States[44], founded in 1789[45]; River Line[46], a named passenger train service[47], in United States[48], founded in 2004[49]; and Delran Township[50], a township of New Jersey[51], in United States[52].
Why It Matters
Delaware River has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]
Entities named for it include Delaware County[42], a county of Pennsylvania[43], in United States[44], founded in 1789[45]; River Line[46], a named passenger train service[47], in United States[48], founded in 2004[49]; and Delran Township[50], a township of New Jersey[51], in United States[52].