Delaware River at Philadelphia is a tidal river between the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware shores from the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal in the south to Trenton in the north. The tide is semidiurnal, with a mean range of 6.10 ft (1.86 m) at the Philadelphia station and 5.62 ft (1.71 m) at Marcus Hook downstream.
- Type
- Tidal river
- Location
- Delaware, United States
- Setting
- Between the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware shores from the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal in the south to Trenton in the north
- Tidal range
- The tide is semidiurnal, with a mean range of 6.10 ft (1.86 m) at the Philadelphia station and 5.62 ft (1.71 m) at Marcus Hook downstream.
- Notable
- The Delaware River main navigation channel was deepened to 45 ft from the river mouth to Philadelphia in a project completed in 2019 by the US Army Corps of Engineers, serving the Philadelphia, Camden and Marcus Hook port complex (USACE).
