The Simons River is a short river in Delaware

Delaware

Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...

 in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, approximately 3 mi (5 km) long. It drains a wetlands area on the southern shore of Delaware Bay

Delaware Bay

Delaware Bay is a major estuary outlet of the Delaware River on the Northeast seaboard of the United States whose fresh water mixes for many miles with the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. It is in area. The bay is bordered by the State of New Jersey and the State of Delaware...

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It is formed in Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge

The Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge is a 15,978 acre National Wildlife Refuge located along the eastern coast of Kent County, Delaware, on Delaware Bay. It was established on March 16, 1937 as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory and wintering waterfowl along the Atlantic Flyway...

 approximately 5 mi (8 km) northwest of Dover, Delaware

Dover, Delaware

The city of Dover is the capital and second largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is also the county seat of Kent County, and the principal city of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Kent County. It is located on the St. Jones River in the 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

Leipsic River

The Leipsic River is a river in central Delaware in the United States.It rises in northern Kent County, approximately northwest of Dover. It flows generally east, past Leipsic and entering Delaware Bay approximately northeast of Dover...

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