Leipsic River
Stream in Delaware, USA
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The Leipsic River is a 16.7-mile-long (26.9 km) river[5] in central Delaware in the United States.
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| Leipsic River Tributary to Delaware Bay | |
|---|---|
The Leipsic River at Leipsic | |
  Location of Leipsic River mouth  Leipsic River (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | Kent |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | confluence of Pinks Branch and Taylor Branch |
| • location | about 1 mile north of Seven Hickories, Delaware[1] |
| • coordinates | 39°13′55″N 075°38′11″W[2] |
| • elevation | 24 ft (7.3 m)[1] |
| Mouth | Delaware Bay |
• location | about 0.25 miles south of Goose Point[1] |
• coordinates | 39°14′40″N 075°24′11″W[2] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[1] |
| Length | 16.55 mi (26.63 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 53.13 square miles (137.6 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Delaware Bay |
| • average | 56.82 cu ft/s (1.609 m3/s) at mouth with Delaware Bay[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | east |
| River system | Delaware Bay |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Pinks Branch Snows Branch Spruances Branch Bennefield Branch Raymond Gut Duck Creek |
| • right | Taylor Branch Willis Branch Alston Branch Dyke Branch Boat Gut |
| Waterbodies | Masseys Millpond Garrisons Lake |
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.