Appoquinimink River
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The Appoquinimink River is a river flowing to Delaware Bay in northern Delaware in the United States. The river is Template:Convert long<ref name=NHD/> and drains an area of Template:Convert on the Atlantic Coastal Plain.
The Appoquinimink flows for its entire length in southern New Castle County. It rises approximately Template:Convert west of Townsend and flows generally eastwardly, south of Middletown and past Odessa, to its mouth at the northern end of Delaware Bay, approximately Template:Convert east of Odessa.<ref name=DeLorme>DeLorme (2004). Maryland Delaware Atlas & Gazetteer. p.61, pp.78-79. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. Template:ISBN.</ref> In its upper course the river passes through two man-made lakes, Wiggins Mill Pond<ref name=GNISwiggins/> and Noxontown Lake;<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the river is tidal to the dam at Noxontown Lake, and salinity from Delaware Bay typically affects the lowermost Template:Convert of the river.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The lower Template:Convert of the river are considered to be navigable by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
It collects three named tributaries along its course:<ref name=DeLorme/> From the north, Deep Creek, Template:Convert long<ref name=EPA/> (also known historically as the "North Appoquinimink River"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>); and Drawyers Creek,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Convert long;<ref name=EPA/> and from the south, Hangmans Run.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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:<ref name=GNIS/>
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