Appoquinimink River

Geobox River
name = Appoquinimink River
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image_caption = The Appoquinimink River in Odessa in 2006
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state = Delaware
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length_note =cite web |url= http://www.epa.gov/reg3wapd/tmdl/de_tmdl/AppoquiniminkRiver/index.htm |pages = [http://www.epa.gov/reg3wapd/tmdl/de_tmdl/AppoquiniminkRiver/Appo_TMDL_AppBCoverPage.pdf#page=9 Appendix B, pp. 2-3.] | title= Nutrient and Dissolved Oxygen TMDL Development for Appoquinimink River, Delaware. | author= United States Environmental Protection Agency | authorlink = United States Environmental Protection Agency | year = 2003 | month = December | accessdate=2007-02-05]
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watershed_imperial = 47
watershed_note = [cite web |url= http://www.epa.gov/reg3wapd/tmdl/de_tmdl/AppoquiniminkRiver/index.htm |pages = [http://www.epa.gov/reg3wapd/tmdl/de_tmdl/AppoquiniminkRiver/Appo_TMDL_TOC_final.pdf#page=3 Executive Summary, p.ii.] | title= Nutrient and Dissolved Oxygen TMDL Development for Appoquinimink River, Delaware. | author= United States Environmental Protection Agency | authorlink = United States Environmental Protection Agency | year = 2003 | month = December | accessdate=2007-02-05]
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source_location = Near Townsend
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source_coordinates_note =cite web |url=Gnis3|213568 |title=GNIS entry for Appoquinimink River (Feature ID #213568)|author=Geographic Names Information System|authorlink=Geographic Names Information System|accessdate=2007-02-05]
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source_elevation_note = (at Wiggins Mill Pond, approx. 1 mi/2 km downstream of source)cite web |url=Gnis3|216865 |title=GNIS entry for Wiggins Mill Pond (Feature ID #216865)|author=Geographic Names Information System|authorlink=Geographic Names Information System|accessdate=2007-02-05]
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mouth_name = Delaware Bay
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The Appoquinimink River is a river flowing to Delaware Bay in northern Delaware in the United States. The river is 16.6 miles (27 km) long and drains an area of 47 square miles (122 km²) on the Atlantic Coastal Plain.

The Appoquinimink flows for its entire length in southern New Castle County. It rises approximately 2 miles (3 km) west of Townsend and flows generally eastwardly, south of Middletown and past Odessa, to its mouth at the northern end of Delaware Bay, approximately 3 miles (5 km) east of Odessa.DeLorme (2004). "Maryland Delaware Atlas & Gazetteer". p.61, pp.78-79. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-279-X.] In its upper course the river passes through two man-made lakes, Wiggins Mill Pond and Noxontown Lake; [cite web |url=Gnis3|214395 |title=GNIS entry for Noxontown Lake (Feature ID #214395)|author=Geographic Names Information System|authorlink=Geographic Names Information System|accessdate=2007-02-05] the river is tidal to the dam at Noxontown Lake, and salinity from Delaware Bay typically affects the lowermost 5 miles (8 km) of the river. [cite web |url= http://www.epa.gov/reg3wapd/tmdl/de_tmdl/AppoquiniminkRiver/index.htm |pages = [http://www.epa.gov/reg3wapd/tmdl/de_tmdl/AppoquiniminkRiver/Appo_TMDL_Sec1_final.pdf#page=1 Section One, pp.1-3.] | title= Nutrient and Dissolved Oxygen TMDL Development for Appoquinimink River, Delaware. | author= United States Environmental Protection Agency | authorlink = United States Environmental Protection Agency | year = 2003 | month = December | accessdate=2007-02-05] The lower 7 miles (11 km) of the river are considered to be navigable by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. [cite web|url=http://www.nap.usace.army.mil/channel/nww.htm|title=Navigable waterways of the Philadelphia District.|author=U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District|authorlink = United States Army Corps of Engineers|accessdate=2007-02-05]

It collects three named tributaries along its course: From the north, Deep Creek, 4.2 miles (6.8 km) long (also known historically as the North Appoquinimink River [cite web |url=Gnis3|213864 |title=GNIS entry for Deep Creek (Feature ID #213864)|author=Geographic Names Information System|authorlink=Geographic Names Information System|accessdate=2007-02-05] ); and Drawyers Creek, [cite web |url=Gnis3|213905 |title=GNIS entry for Drawyers Creek (Feature ID #213905)|author=Geographic Names Information System|authorlink=Geographic Names Information System|accessdate=2007-02-05] 8.2 miles (13.2 km) long; and from the south, Hangmans Run. [cite web |url=Gnis3|214053 |title=GNIS entry for Hangmans Run (Feature ID #214053)|author=Geographic Names Information System|authorlink=Geographic Names Information System|accessdate=2007-02-05]

According to 2002 data from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 54.9% of the Appoquinimink River watershed is occupied by agricultural uses (predominantly soybeans, corn, and wheat); 15.1% is residential; 9.9% is wetland; and 8.8% is forested. [cite web |url= http://www.epa.gov/reg3wapd/tmdl/de_tmdl/AppoquiniminkRiver/index.htm |pages = [http://www.epa.gov/reg3wapd/tmdl/de_tmdl/AppoquiniminkRiver/Appo_TMDL_Sec2_final.pdf#page=4 Section Two, p.4.] | title= Nutrient and Dissolved Oxygen TMDL Development for Appoquinimink River, Delaware. | author= United States Environmental Protection Agency | authorlink = United States Environmental Protection Agency | year = 2003 | month = December | accessdate=2007-02-05]

In 2004, a non-profit group, The Appoquinimink River Association, was founded with a mission to protect the water and natural resources in the region surrounding the Appoquinimink River. [cite web| url= http://apporiver.org |title= Appoquinimink River Association |accessdate=2007-04-18]

Variant names and spellings

The United States Board on Geographic Names issued a decision clarifying the stream's name in 1950. According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Appoquinimink River has also been known historically as:

ee also

*List of Delaware rivers

References

External links

* [http://www.water.ncsu.edu/watershedss/info/rcwp/deprof.html North Carolina State University: Appoquinimink River basin project]
* [http://water19709.web.aplus.net/ Appoquinimink River Association]