Bohemia Creek || Broad Creek || C and D Canal West || Chester River || Choptank River || Deep Creek || Elk Creek || Gravelly Branch || Gum Branch || Marshyhope Creek || Nanticoke River || Perch Creek || Pocomoke River || Sassafras River || Wicomico
Sassafras River
Background ▲ The Sassafras River rises in western Delaware and flows westerly to the Chesapeake Bay forming the natural boundary between Cecil and Kent counties in Maryland. The Delaware portion of the Sassafras watershed is dominated by agriculture.
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Further Resources ▼ ![]() View of a farm field Photo credit: DNREC's WATAR Program | Quick facts ▲ Square Miles (total): 42.1 Square Miles (DE): 8.1 Population (total)*: 4,513 Population (DE)*: 2,366 States: DE, MD Counties: DE: Kent MD: Cecil *Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019.
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Land cover within Delaware† ▲ †Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office for Coastal Management. 2016 C-CAP Regional Land Cover. Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) Regional Land Cover.. |