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
Pocomoke River
Background  
The Pocomoke River watershed is located in southern Sussex County. The 9-mile long main stem of the river in Delaware rises in southwest of Millsboro and flows south to the Maryland border. The river eventually discharges to the lower Chesapeake Bay.

Land use within the watershed is dominated by agricultural uses and wetland areas. The headwaters and tributaries of the Pocomoke River encompass a portion of the area known as the Great Cypress Swamp.
Water Quality  
Plants and Wildlife  
Further Resources  



View of Pocomoke River next to a trail
Photo credit: DNREC's WATAR Program