Delaware River

The Delaware River is a major river in the region of the United States and is the longest free-flowing river in the Eastern United States.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: major river on the East coast of the United States of America
  • Also known as: “Arasapha”, “Cacquago”, “Charles River”, “Chickhohocki”, “Chihohocki”, “Cookquago”, “Count Earnest River”, “Count Ernest’s River”, “De La War River”, “Delavaras”, “Delavare Nehri”, “Delavēras upe”, “Delawar River”, “Delaware ibai”, “Delaware ibaia”, “Delaware-elven”, “Delawareelven”, “Dellaway River”, “Dieleway River”, “Dillaware River”, “Fiume Delaware”, “Fleuve Delaware”, “Gicht Hanne”, “Great River of Delaware”, “Keht-hanne”, “Kit Hanne”, “Kit-Hanne”, “Lamasepose”, “Len-a-pe-wi-hit-tuck”, “Lenape Wihittnek”, “Lenape Wihittuck”, “Lenape-wihittuck”, “Lennapewihttuck River”, “MacKerick Kitton”, “Mackeriskickon”, “Mackeriskitton”, “Mackeriskon”, “Makerish-kisken”, “Makerisk-kiskon”, “Makeriskitton”, “Maksruckkiton”, “Maris-kitton”, “Marisgreton”, “Marisqueton”, “Mochijirickhickon”, “Nassaw River”, “Nassqu”, “New Swedeland Stream”, “Nya Sweirges Elf”, “Pautaxat Rivers”, “Pautaxet”, “Poutaxas”, “Prince Charles River”, “Prince Hendricks River”, “Prince Kendrick’s River”, “River of New Sweden”, “River Poutaxat”, “Riviere Van der Vorst Mauritius”, “Sodre Reviret”, “South River”, “Stêr Delaware”, “Store Revir”, “Swedes”, “Sweed-land Stream”, “Swenska Riviere”, “Swenskas Revier”, “Willems River”, “Zuidrivier”, “Zunikoway”, “Zuyd Revier”, “Zuydt Revier”, “Zuydt River”, “Zuydtrivier”, “Река Делауеър”, “נהר הדלאוור”, “נהר הדלוור”, “رودخانهٔ دلاویر”, “डेलावेअर”, and “デラウエア川”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station and Hart House.

Power station
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is a nuclear… is situated 2½ miles north of Delaware River.

House
Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a historic home located… is situated 1½ miles southwest of Delaware River.

Electrical generator
Photo: Peretzp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a two-unit… is situated 2 miles north of Delaware River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Collins Beach and Flemings Landing.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , United States. is situated 3½ miles south of Delaware River.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , United States. is situated 6 miles south of Delaware River.

Hamlet
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Hancock's Bridge is an unincorporated community and… is situated 6 miles northeast of Delaware River.

Delaware River

Latitude
39.43261° or 39° 25′ 57″ north
Longitude
-75.52881° or 75° 31′ 44″ west
Open location code
87F6CFMC+2F
Geo­Names ID
4142210
Wiki­data ID
Q143762
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Delaware River” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Delawarerivier”
  • Arabic: “نهر ديلاوير”
  • Armenian: “Դելավեր”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Delaware”
  • Azerbaijani: “Delaver çayı”
  • Basque: “Delaware”
  • Belarusian: “Дэлавэр”
  • Bosnian: “Delaware”
  • Breton: “Delaware”
  • Bulgarian: “Делауеър”
  • Catalan: “riu Delaware”
  • Catalan: “Riu Delaware”
  • Cebuano: “Delaware River”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕووباری دێلاوێر”
  • Chechen: “Делавэр”
  • Chinese: “德拉瓦河”
  • Chinese: “特拉华河”
  • Chinese: “特拉華河”
  • Chuvash: “Делавэр”
  • Czech: “Delaware”
  • Danish: “Delaware River”
  • Dutch: “Delaware”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ديلاوير”
  • Esperanto: “Delavaro”
  • Estonian: “Delaware’i jõgi”
  • Finnish: “Delawarejoki”
  • French: “Delaware”
  • Galician: “río Delaware”
  • Galician: “Río Delaware”
  • Georgian: “დელავერი”
  • German: “Delaware River”
  • Greek: “Ποταμός Ντέλαγουερ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Delaware-hò”
  • Hebrew: “דלאוור”
  • Hindi: “डेलावेअर नदी”
  • Hungarian: “Delaware”
  • Icelandic: “Delaware-fljót”
  • Inari Sami: “Delawarejuuhâ”
  • Indonesian: “Sungai Delaware”
  • Interlingua: “Fluvio Delaware”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Delaware”
  • Italian: “Delaware”
  • Japanese: “デラウェア川”
  • Korean: “델라웨어강”
  • Latin: “Flumen Delavaria”
  • Latvian: “Delavēra”
  • Lithuanian: “Delaveras”
  • Malayalam: “ഡെലവെയർ നദി”
  • Marathi: “डेलावेर नदी”
  • Mingrelian: “დელავერი (წყარმალუ)”
  • Mingrelian: “დელავერი”
  • Northern Sami: “Delawarejohka”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Delaware”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Delawareelva”
  • Norwegian: “Delaware”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Delaware”
  • Persian: “رود دلور”
  • Persian: “رودخانه دلاویر”
  • Piemontese: “Delaware”
  • Polish: “Delaware”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Delaware”
  • Russian: “Делавэр”
  • Scots: “Delaware River”
  • Serbian: “Делавер”
  • Skolt Sami: “Delawarejokk”
  • Slovenian: “Delaware”
  • South Azerbaijani: “دلاویر چایی”
  • Spanish: “Río Delaware”
  • Swahili: “Mto Delaware”
  • Swedish: “Delawarefloden”
  • Thai: “แม่น้ำเดลาแวร์”
  • Turkish: “Delaware Nehri”
  • Ukrainian: “Делавер”
  • Uzbek: “Delaver daryosi”
  • Venetian: “Delaware”
  • Vietnamese: “sông Delaware”
  • Vietnamese: “Sông Delaware”
  • Welsh: “Afon Delaware”
  • Western Frisian: “Delaware”
  • Western Panjabi: “ڈیلاور دریا”
  • Wu Chinese: “特拉华河”
  • Yue Chinese: “特拉華河”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Delaware River”.

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Daniels Tract and Fennimore Landing.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Listons Point and Peach House Ditch.

Delaware: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Dover and Wilmington.

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