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Land Statistics
Land Area
(land) 1,954 sq miles
(water) 535 sq miles
(TOTAL) 2,489 sq miles
Land Area (all states)
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Horizontal Width 35 miles along its complete southern border with Maryland
Vertical Length 85 miles from Newark, directly south to the Maryland border
Note: Lengths and widths are point-to-point, straight-line measurements from a Mercator map projection, and will vary some using other map projections Bordering States (3) Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Counties (3) map here! County (largest by population) New Castle 498,935
Geographic Center is located 1/2 mile north of Felton in Kent County
 Highest Point located at a point just south of the Pennsylvania border, standing at 447 ft.
 Lowest Point Atlantic Ocean, 0 ft.
Latitude and Longitude here!
Mean Elevation 58 ft.
Relative Location here!
Landforms Landforms
Most of Delaware's land is very flat, averaging only 58 ft. above sea level. The only significant exceptions are the rolling hills of the Piedmont Plateau that cover the northern edges of the state; the state's highest point is located there, rising to 447 ft.
The Coastal Plain covering much of Delaware is a low-lying stretch of land that borders the Atlantic Ocean. It's approximately 2,200 miles long, stretching from central New Jersey, south to Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
The state's eastern shorelines contain a number of bays, tidal creeks and marshes. Its southern border with Delaware contains over 30,000 acres of swampland. Sandy beach fronts large stretches of the southern Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean coastline.
The Delmarva Peninsula occupies portions of three U.S. states: Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. The peninsula is about 180 long, and nearly 71 miles wide. It's bordered by the Chesapeake Bay on the west, and the Delaware River, Delaware Bay, and Atlantic Ocean on the east. The peninsula's land is flat, with a few low-lying hills in the north.
The (mostly manmade) Chesapeake & Delaware Canal runs 14 miles long, 450 feet wide and 35 feet deep across Maryland and Delaware, connecting the Delaware River with the Chesapeake Bay. It's a modern sea-level, electronically controlled commercial waterway, carrying ship traffic east and west.
The most significant river is the Delaware. Other rivers of note include the Mispillion, Muderkill, Nantocke and St. Jones.
For a closer look at the low-lying topography of Delaware, view this map
Landforms of America here!
Landforms of North America here!
Rivers of North America here!
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