Other watersheds in the Chesapeake Bay
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.
Water Quality  
Plants and Wildlife  
Further Resources  



View of a farm field
Photo credit: DNREC's WATAR Program