Simons River

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| map_caption = Mouth of Simons River

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| length = 1.8 miles{{cite web |title=GNIS Detail - Simons River |url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:214656,Simons%20River |website=geonames.usgs.gov |publisher=US Geological Survey}}

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The Simons River is a short river in Delaware in the United States, approximately 3 mi (5 km) long. It drains a wetlands area on the southern shore of Delaware Bay.

It is formed in Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge approximately 5 mi (8 km) northwest of Dover, Delaware, by the confluence of Herring Branch and Green Creek. It flows in a serpentine course to the Delaware. The river is flanked on the north by the mouth of the Leipsic River.

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Category:Rivers of Delaware

Category:Rivers of Kent County, Delaware

Category:Tributaries of Delaware Bay

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