The Murderkill River is a river flowing to Delaware Bay in central Delaware in the United States. It is approximately 21.7 miles (34.9 km) long and drains an area of 106 square miles (270 km2) on the Atlantic Coastal Plain.
The Murderkill River downstream of Killens Pond in 2006
Delaware Bay is the estuary outlet of the Delaware River on the northeast seaboard of the United States, lying between the states of Delaware and New Jersey. It is approximately 782 square miles (2,030 km2) in area, the bay's freshwater mixes for many miles with the saltwater of the Atlantic Ocean.
Delaware Bay in Winter
Beginning of the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal at the Roosevelt inlet
The shore on Cape May, near the Atlantic Ocean
Nautical chart of Zwaanendael Colony, a Dutch colony, and Godyn's Bay (Delaware Bay), 1639