List of rivers of Delaware

List of rivers in Delaware (U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by name.

Major rivers and creeks (27)[edit]

All named streams (437)[edit]

• Agricultural Ditch, Sussex County
• Ake Ditch, Sussex County
• Alapocas Run, New Castle County
• [[Allabands Mill Stream (Isaac Branch tributary)|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
• Gully Camp Ditch, Sussex County
• Gum Branch, 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[edit]

Delaware River and Delaware Bay[edit]

Atlantic coast bays[edit]

Rehoboth Bay

Indian River Bay

Little Assawoman Bay

Assawoman Bay

Chesapeake Bay[edit]

• 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[edit]

References[edit]