USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The river constitutes in part the boundary between Pennsylvania and New York, the boundary between New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and, for a few miles, the boundary between Delaware and New Jersey. The river’s course is basically to the south.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Delaware River is non-tidal for roughly 200 miles, from Trenton, N.J. north to its headwaters in New York State.

Detailed explanation-3: -However, the most famous fact about the Delaware River is the famous crossing of it by George Washington in 1776 which helped him successfully surprise Hessian troops in New Jersey during the American Revolution.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Delaware River Watershed (12, 800 square miles) covers parts of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. About one-fifth of the upper watershed lies within New York State. These headwaters originate in the Catskill Mountains and eventually flow into Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.