Other watersheds in the Inland Bays
Assawoman || Buntings Branch || Indian River || Indian River Bay || Iron Branch || Lewes-Rehoboth Canal || Little Assawoman || Rehoboth Bay
Assawoman
Background  
The Assawoman watershed is a subwatershed of the Little Assawoman Bay and is located in the south central section of Sussex County.

Little Assawoman Bay makes up one of three of Delaware's Inland Bays. The Inland Bays consist of three interconnected bodies of water - Rehoboth Bay, Indian River Bay, and Little Assawoman Bay - all located in southeastern Sussex County. The Little Assawoman, Assawoman, and Buntings Branch watersheds are all part of the Little Assawoman Bay, and drain an area that extends from the Assawoman Canal to its confluence with Little Assawoman Bay on the southeast coast of Delaware.

The land use of the watershed is made up primarily of agriculture and wetlands.
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View of Assawoman Bay
Photo credit: DNREC's Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program