Nanticoke River

General data
- Name: Nanticoke River
- Water system: Chesapeake Bay
- Water type: River
- Progression: Tangier Sound -> Chesapeake Bay -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
- Climates: Temperate
- Continents: North America
- Countries: United States of America
Description
The Nanticoke River is a tributary of Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula. It rises in southern Kent County, Delaware, flows through Sussex County, Delaware, and forms the boundary between Dorchester County, Maryland and Wicomico County, Maryland. The tidal river course proceeds southwest into the Tangier Sound, Chesapeake Bay.