Choptank River
| Choptank River | |
 The river in Denton, MD.
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| Country | United States |
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| States | Maryland, Delaware |
| Tributaries | |
| - right | Tuckahoe Creek |
| Cities | Cambridge, Denton |
| Source | Choptank Mills |
| Mouth | Chesapeake Bay |
| - location | Algonquin, Maryland |
| - elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| - coordinates | 38°36′14.9″N 76°04′53.6″W / 38.604139°N 76.081556°WCoordinates: 38°36′14.9″N 76°04′53.6″W / 38.604139°N 76.081556°W |
| Length | 71 mi (114 km) |
| Basin | 1,004 sq mi (2,600 km2) |
 Map of the rivers of the Eastern Shore of Maryland with the Choptank and its watershed highlighted.
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The Choptank River is a major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay and the largest river on the Delmarva Peninsula. Running for 71 miles (114 km), it rises in Kent County, Delaware, runs through Caroline County, Maryland and forms much of the border between Talbot County, Maryland on the north, and Caroline County and Dorchester County on the east and south. It is located north of the Nanticoke River and its mouth is located south of Eastern Bay. Cambridge, the county seat of Dorchester County, and Denton, the county seat of Caroline County, are located on its south shore.
Its watershed area in Maryland is 1,004 square miles (2,600 km2), of which 224 square miles (580 km2) is open water, so it is 22% water. The predominant land use is agricultural with 418 square miles (1,080 km2), or 48% of the land area.
The $155 million Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Golf Resort, Spa & Marina is situated on the east shore in Cambridge, MD. Completed in 2002, the resort is the only of its kind in the Mid-Atlantic United States. However, Hyatt has been struggling to make bond payments on the property.
The Choptank River begins at Choptank Mills, Delaware, where Tidy Island Creek and Culbreth Marsh Ditch join together. It ends at the Chesapeake Bay in a very wide mouth between Blackwalnut Point on Tilghman Island, and Cook Point, near Hudson, Maryland. Tidy Island Creek and Culbreth Marsh Ditch rise in western Kent County, Delaware. The entire watershed is in the coastal plain. The Choptank reaches sea level near Denton, Maryland and is not salty until around 2 miles (3.2 km) below Denton. Greensboro, Maryland, about 6 miles (9.7 km) up the river from Denton, is the head of navigation.
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