page_title: Delaware River
section_title: East Branch of the Delaware
hierarchical_section_title: Delaware River / Course / East Branch of the Delaware
caption_attribution_description: English: East Branch Delaware River seen from Bridge Street (NY 30) bridge at Margaretville, NY, USA
context_page_description: The Delaware River is a major river on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It drains an area of 14,119 square miles in four U.S. states: Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. Rising in two branches in New York state's Catskill Mountains, the river flows 419 miles into Delaware Bay where its waters enter the Atlantic Ocean near Cape May in New Jersey and Cape Henlopen in Delaware. Not including Delaware Bay, the river's length including its two branches is 388 miles.
  The Delaware River is one of nineteen "Great Waters" recognized by the America's Great Waters Coalition.
  The Delaware River rises in two main branches that descend from the western flank of the Catskill Mountains in New York. The West Branch begins near Mount Jefferson in the Town of Jefferson in Schoharie County. The river's East Branch begins at Grand Gorge in Delaware County. These two branches flow west and merge near Hancock in Delaware County, and the combined waters flow as the Delaware River south.
context_section_description: Similarly, the East Branch begins from a small pond south of Grand Gorge in the town of Roxbury in Delaware County, flowing southwest toward its impoundment by New York City to create the Pepacton Reservoir, the largest reservoir in the New York City water supply system. Its tributaries are the Beaver Kill River and the Willowemoc Creek which enter into the river ten miles (16 km) before the West Branch meets the East Branch. The confluence of the two branches is just south of Hancock.
  The East Branch and West Branch of the Delaware River parallel each other, both flowing in a southwesterly direction.
caption: The East Branch of the Delaware River near Margaretville, New York
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