Leipsic River

Stream in Delaware, USA

39°13′55″N 075°38′11″W / 39.23194°N 75.63639°W / 39.23194; -75.63639^[1] • elevation24 ft (7.3 m)^[2] MouthDelaware Bay

• location

about 0.25 miles south of Goose Point^[2]

• coordinates

39°14′40″N 075°24′11″W / 39.24444°N 75.40306°W / 39.24444; -75.40306^[1]

• elevation

0 ft (0 m)^[2]Length16.55 mi (26.63 km)^[3]Basin size53.13 square miles (137.6 km²)^[4]Discharge • locationDelaware Bay • average56.82 cu ft/s (1.609 m³/s) at mouth with Delaware Bay^[4] Basin featuresProgressioneastRiver systemDelaware BayTributaries • leftPinks Branch
Snows Branch
Spruances Branch
Bennefield Branch
Raymond Gut
Duck Creek • rightTaylor Branch
Willis Branch
Alston Branch
Dyke Branch
Boat GutWaterbodiesMasseys Millpond
Garrisons Lake

The Leipsic River is a 16.7-mile-long (26.9 km) river^[5] in central Delaware in the United States.

It rises in northern Kent County, approximately 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Dover. It flows generally east, past Leipsic and entering Delaware Bay approximately 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Dover. The mouth of the river on Delaware Bay is surrounded by extensive wetlands that are protected as part of Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge.

References

^ ^a ^b "GNIS Detail - Leipsic River". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Leipsic River Range Lights Topo Map, Kent County DE (Little Creek Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Leipsic River Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 1, 2011