Delaware River
The Delaware River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and is the longest free-flowing river in the Eastern United States.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- 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”, “Delawar River”, “Dellaway River”, “Dieleway River”, “Dillaware River”, “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”, “Store Revir”, “Swedes”, “Sweed-land Stream”, “Swenska Riviere”, “Swenskas Revier”, “Willems River”, “Zunikoway”, “Zuyd Revier”, “Zuydt Revier”, and “Zuydt River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station and Hart House.
Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station
Power station
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Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant located in Lower Alloways Creek Township, Salem County, New Jersey, United States. It sits on an artificial island alongside the Salem Nuclear Power Plant. Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station is situated 2½ miles north of Delaware River.
Hart House
House
Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hart House is a historic home located at Taylors Bridge, New Castle County, in the U.S. state of Delaware. It was built in about 1747, and is a 2½-story, three-bay brick dwelling with a low-pitched gable roof. Hart House is situated 1½ miles southwest of Delaware River.
Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station
Electrical generator
Photo: Peretzp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Salem Nuclear Power Plant is a two-unit pressurized water reactor nuclear power plant located in Lower Alloways Creek Township, in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station is situated 2 miles north of Delaware River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Collins Beach and Flemings Landing.
Collins Beach
Hamlet
Collins Beach is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Collins Beach is located along the Delaware Bay at the eastern end of Collins Beach Road, northeast of Smyrna. Collins Beach is situated 3½ miles south of Delaware River.
Flemings Landing
Hamlet
Flemings Landing is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Flemings Landing is located along Delaware Route 9 just north of the Smyrna River and the Kent County line, to the northeast of Smyrna. Flemings Landing is situated 6 miles south of Delaware River.
Hancocks Bridge
Hamlet
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Hancock's Bridge is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within Lower Alloways Creek Township, in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Hancocks Bridge is situated 6 miles northeast of Delaware River.
Delaware River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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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 ibai”
- Basque: “Delaware ibaia”
- Basque: “Delaware”
- Belarusian: “Дэлавэр”
- Bosnian: “Delaware”
- Breton: “Delaware”
- Breton: “Stêr Delaware”
- Bulgarian: “Делауеър”
- Bulgarian: “Река 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 River”
- Czech: “Delaware”
- Danish: “Delaware River”
- Dutch: “Delaware River”
- Dutch: “Delaware”
- Dutch: “Zuidrivier”
- Dutch: “Zuydtrivier”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ديلاوير”
- Esperanto: “Delavaro”
- Estonian: “Delaware’i jõgi”
- Finnish: “Delawarejoki”
- French: “Delaware River”
- French: “Delaware”
- French: “Fleuve Delaware”
- French: “Zuidrivier”
- Galician: “río Delaware”
- Galician: “Río Delaware”
- Georgian: “დელავერი”
- German: “Delaware River”
- Greek: “Ποταμός Ντέλαγουερ”
- Hakka Chinese: “Delaware-hò”
- Hebrew: “דלאוור”
- Hebrew: “נהר הדלאוור”
- Hebrew: “נהר הדלוור”
- Hindi: “डेलावेअर नदी”
- Hindi: “डेलावेअर”
- Hungarian: “Delaware”
- Icelandic: “Delaware-fljót”
- Inari Sami: “Delawarejuuhâ”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Delaware”
- Interlingua: “Fluvio Delaware”
- Irish: “Abhainn Delaware”
- Italian: “Delaware”
- Italian: “Fiume Delaware”
- Japanese: “デラウェア川”
- Japanese: “デラウエア川”
- Korean: “델라웨어강”
- Latin: “Flumen Delavaria”
- Latvian: “Delavēra”
- Latvian: “Delavēras upe”
- Lithuanian: “Delavaras”
- Lithuanian: “Delaveras”
- Malayalam: “ഡെലവെയർ നദി”
- Marathi: “डेलावेर नदी”
- Mingrelian: “დელავერი (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “დელავერი”
- Northern Sami: “Delawarejohka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Delaware River”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Delaware-elven”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Delaware”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Delawareelven”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Delawareelva”
- Norwegian: “Delaware”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Delaware”
- Persian: “رود دلاور”
- Persian: “رودخانه دلاویر”
- Persian: “رودخانهٔ 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: “Delaware”
- Spanish: “Rio Delaware”
- Spanish: “Río Delaware”
- Swahili: “Mto Delaware”
- Swedish: “Delaware River”
- Swedish: “Delawarefloden”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำเดลาแวร์”
- Turkish: “Delavare Nehri”
- Turkish: “Delaware Nehri”
- Turkish: “Delaware River”
- Ukrainian: “Делавер”
- Uzbek: “Delaver daryosi”
- Venetian: “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
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Daniels Tract and Fennimore Landing.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Listons Point and Peach House Ditch.
Delaware: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Dover, Wilmington, Newark, and New Castle.
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