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Nanticoke River
The
Nanticoke River
is a major
tributary
of the
Chesapeake Bay
on the
Delmarva Peninsula
. It rises in southern
Kent County
,
Delaware
, flows through
Sussex County
,
Delaware
, and forms the boundary between
Dorchester County
,
Maryland
and
Wicomico County
,
Maryland
. The tidal river course proceeds southwest into the
Tangier Sound
, Chesapeake Bay. The river is long. A 26-mile
ecotourism
water trail
running along the River was set aside in July 2011 by Delaware state and federal officials, contiguous with a 37-mile water-trail extending through
Maryland
to the
Chesapeake Bay
.
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