Pocomoke River
| Pocomoke River | ||
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| Water code | US : 586618 | |
| location | Delaware , Maryland , Virginia USA | |
| River system | Pocomoke River | |
| source | on Philips Hill Road near Laurel 38 ° 33 ′ 33 ″ N , 75 ° 25 ′ 17 ″ W |
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| Source height | 15 m | |
| muzzle | in the Pocomoke Sound of Chesapeake Bay near Shelltown Coordinates: 37 ° 58 ′ 2 " N , 75 ° 38 ′ 49" W 37 ° 58 ′ 2 " N , 75 ° 38 ′ 49" W |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | 15 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.14 ‰ | |
| length | 106 km | |
| Catchment area | 1997 km² | |
| Discharge at the gauge near Willards A Eo : 156.7 km² Location: 81 km above the mouth |
NNQ (2008) MQ Mq HHQ (2004) |
70 l / s 1.47 m³ / s 9.4 l / (s km²) 14.7 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Corkers Creek, Pitts Creek | |
| Right tributaries | Green Run, Nassawango Creek , Dividing Creek | |
 The Pocomoke River at Snow Hill |
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The Pocomoke River is a 106-kilometer tributary of the Chesapeake Bay in the US states of Delaware , Maryland and Virginia . It runs in the southern section of the Delmarva Peninsula and is designated in Maryland as the National Wild and Scenic River .
The word Pocomoke comes from the Algonquin languages and means something like "it is pierced" or "uneven ground"
course
The Pocomoke River rises east of Laurel at 15 m directly on Philips Hill Road in Sussex County . It initially follows the road east to Pusey Crossroads . The still small stream turns to the southeast and flows through varied forest and farmland. It passes Gumboro in the east, crosses the border with Maryland and now forms the border between the counties of Wicomico and Worcester . Immediately after the state border, it takes the drain of the Great Cypress Swamp from the left and the short but water-rich Green Run from the right . The river is now mostly bordered by a wide swamp belt.
The river passes under US Highway 50 and turns to the southwest after the confluence of the Franklin Branch flowing in from the left . After Powellville it flows completely in Worcester County. It reaches the Town Snow Hill and takes the longest tributary from the right with the Nassawango Creek . Here, the Pocomoke River is less than 30 meters wide and between 2 and 14 meters deep. He passes the Shad Landing State Park and the Pocomoke River State Park , before he takes the Dividing Creek from the right and now forms the border between the counties Worcester and Somerset . The Pocomoke State Forest stretches here on both sides of the river .
He passes Pocomoke City and then turns south. After the confluence of the Hall Branch , the river forms the border between Maryland and Virginia, or between Somerset and Accomack counties . It flows from the left of Pitts Creek before the river at Shell Town in the embossed tidal estuary Pocomoke Sound of Chesapeake Bay opens.
Catchment area
The Pocomoke River is a black water river that runs within the Atlantic coastal plain . It has a catchment area of 1997 km², of which 64.75 km² extends over Delaware. It consists of about 45% forest area and about 37% agricultural area. The average temperature is 12.6 ° C, the growing season is around 198 days.
A 25-kilometer stretch of river in the upper reaches has been canalized since the 1920s. In 1939, extensive wetlands were cleared and drained, especially in the upper reaches, in order to cultivate the land that had been gained. What remains among smaller swamp areas is the 130 km² Great Cypress Swamp , which forms the largest contiguous forest area on the peninsula.
The main tributaries of the Pocomoke River are Nassawango Creek and Dividing Creek in Maryland, and Pitts Creek in Virginia.
history
The mouth of the Pocomoke River was the site of the first recorded battle between the English in North America in 1635. This took place between the Virginia Company and Lord Baltimore , the owner of the Province of Maryland . The point of contention was Kent Island , which lies at the mouth of the Chester River . In the end, the colonists of Maryland won the conflict.
Names
According to the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , the Pocomoke River was known by the following other names:
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Flora Fauna
The Pocomoke River and the adjacent Pocomoke River Swamp are home to more than 27 species of mammals, 28 reptiles, 14 amphibians, and 172 species of birds. Furthermore, there are at least 72 plant families here. The rare Swainson Wood Warbler is unique to Maryland on this river.
The flood plains are characterized by the bald cypress , which can be found along almost the entire course of the river. In the lower reaches, it grows together with the water tupelo tree ( Nyssa aquatica ), red maple , American sweetgum , frankincense pine , American hornbeam and red ash , near the mouth Myrica cerifera also occurs.
The flood plains above the estuary are occupied by salt-tolerant swamp vegetation. Various types of silt grass and Juncus roemerianus from the rush species grow here .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c USGS National Map Viewer
- ↑ Pocomoke River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ↑ a b c Chapter 3 - Sediment transport in Pocomoke Sound, Maryland Interfered from Microfossils in Surface Sediments United States Geological Survey
- ↑ United States Geological Survey ; USGS 01485000 POCOMOKE RIVER NEAR WILLARDS, MD ; accessed on November 8, 2016.
- ^ Sandy Nestor: Indian Placenames in America, Volume 1 . McFarland, November 29, 2004, pp. 468 ( Pocomoke River on page 47 in the Google book search).
- ^ A b Pocomoke River Cruises About the Pocomoke River
- ^ Pocomoke River Delaware Watersheds
- ^ A b William H. Conner, Thomas W. Doyle, Ken W. Krauss: Ecology of Tidal Freshwater Forested Wetlands of the Southeastern United States . Springer Science & Business Media, June 24, 2007, p. 505 ( Pocomoke River on p. 117 in the Google book search).
- ^ David C. Wallace: Twenty-Two Turbulent Years 1639 - 1661 . Fast-Print Publishing, 2013, p. 660 ( Pocomoke River on p. 201 in the Google book search).
- ↑ Brooke Meanley: Birds and Marshes of the Chesapeake Bay Country . Cornell Maritime Press, 1975, pp. 157 ( Pocomoke River on p. 95 in the Google book search).
- ↑ US 113 Planning Study, Improvement from South of Snow Hill, MD to Delaware State Line, Worcester County: Environmental Impact Statement . 1998, p. 800 ( Pocomoke River on page III-36 in the Google book search).
- ↑ Chapter 5 - Sediment, Nutrient, and Vegetation Trends Along the Tidal, Forested Pocomoke River, Maryland United States Geological Survey