Dennis Creek is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
, accessed April 1, 2011

tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...

Delaware Bay Delaware Bay is the estuary outlet of the Delaware River on the northeast seaboard of the United States. It is approximately in area, the bay's freshwater mixes for many miles with the saltwater of the Atlantic Ocean. The bay is bordered inlan ...

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in the

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.Gertler, Edward. ''Garden State Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2002. It originates in the Great Cedar Swamp to the southeast of

Dennisville, New Jersey Dennisville is an unincorporated community located within Dennis Township, in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is part of the Ocean City Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its postal ZIP Code is 08214. Dennisville is on the ...

. Passing between Dennisville and South Dennis, it descends into the tidal marshes and joins

Sluice Creek Sluice Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of Dennis Creek in Cape May County, New Jersey in the United States.Gertler, Edward. ''Garden Stat ...

and thereafter forms the boundary between

Dennis Dennis or Denis is a first or last name from the Greco-Roman name Dionysius, via one of the Christian saints named Dionysius. The name came from Dionysus, the Greek god of ecstatic states, particularly those produced by wine, which is someti ...

and Middle Townships. Further below, the channel of

Roaring Ditch Roaring Ditch is a tidal waterway approximately 1.6 mi (2.6 km) in length connecting East Creek and Dennis Creek in Cape May County, New Jersey in the United States.Gertler, Edward. ''Garden State Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2002. See als ...

directs much of the flow of East Creek into Dennis Creek before reaching the bay.

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