Delaware River
Pennsylvania-New Jersey boundary
The Delaware River flows roughly 330 miles from the Catskill Mountains in New York to Delaware Bay, forming the border between Pennsylvania and New Jersey for much of its length.
Washington's famous Christmas night crossing in 1776 took place on this river.
The Delaware supplies drinking water to millions in the Philadelphia and New York metropolitan areas.
Algonquian-speaking Eastern people
- William PennPhiladelphia's Quaker founder
- New NetherlandDutch American colonial territory
- fur tradeCommercial exchange of animal skins
- colonistsSettlers in new territory
settlements · Trenton · Philadelphia · trading posts · treaties · European settlement · Quakers · charter
River water's measured movement
- watershedDrainage area boundary
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
- headwatersRiver's starting point
- tributaryStream entering larger river
Lehigh · Brandywine · aquifer · groundwater · spring · currents · drainage basin · estuary
Organism's natural environment
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- riparianRelating to riverbanks
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
fauna · flora · watershed · shad · sturgeon · striped bass · migratory fish · bald eagle
One who casts lines
- shadCoastal herring variety
- striped bassBanded Atlantic gamefish
- troutFreshwater game fish
- smallmouth bassNorth American freshwater gamefish
fly-fishing · rod · reel · tackle · lure · bait · catch-and-release · waders
Enclosed single-person watercraft
- canoeSlender paddled vessel
- raftingTraveling on buoyant platform
- paddleFlat-bladed water tool
- tubingHollow cylindrical conduit
sailboat · marina · dock · boat launch · water trail · lifejacket · rowing · crew
Lenape
Algonquian-speaking Eastern people
- William PennPhiladelphia's Quaker founder
- New NetherlandDutch American colonial territory
- fur tradeCommercial exchange of animal skins
colonists · settlements · Trenton · Philadelphia · trading posts · treaties · European settlement · Quakers · charter · proprietorship
streamflow
River water's measured movement
- watershedDrainage area boundary
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
- headwatersRiver's starting point
tributary · Lehigh · Brandywine · aquifer · groundwater · spring · currents · drainage basin · estuary · source
habitat
Organism's natural environment
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- riparianRelating to riverbanks
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
estuary · fauna · flora · watershed · shad · sturgeon · striped bass · migratory fish · bald eagle · heron
angler
One who casts lines
- shadCoastal herring variety
- striped bassBanded Atlantic gamefish
- troutFreshwater game fish
smallmouth bass · fly-fishing · rod · reel · tackle · lure · bait · catch-and-release · waders · casting
kayak
Enclosed single-person watercraft
tubing · sailboat · marina · dock · boat launch · water trail · lifejacket · rowing · crew · regatta
- U.S. WatersMissouri, Susquehanna, Great Lakes, Connecticut, Hudson
- Pennsylvania geographyAllegheny Mountains, Blue Mountain, Cumberland Valley
- Pennsylvania WatersLake Erie
- Mid-Atlantic Waters
- Trenton AreaTrenton, Ewing, Hamilton, Lawrence, Princeton
- Revolutionary WarGeorge Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Paul Revere, Betsy Ross flag
Delaware RiverHudson River
Major New York estuary
Susquehanna River · Potomac River · Chesapeake Bay · Connecticut River · James River
Delaware Rivermountain
Tall natural landmass
desert · Appalachian Mountains · Death Valley · Sahara Desert
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