The Corsica River is a
tidal river
A tidal river is a river whose flow and level are influenced by tides. A section of a larger river affected by the tides is a tidal reach, but it may sometimes be considered a tidal river if it has been given a separate name.
Generally, tidal ri ...
in
Queen Anne's County
Queen Anne's County is located on the Eastern Shore of the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 49,874. Its county seat and most populous municipality is Centreville. The census-designated place of Stevensville i ...
in the
U.S. state
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of
Maryland
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.
The river begins near
Centreville and empties into the
Chester River
The Chester River is a major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula. It is about long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed April 1, 2011 and its watersh ...
.
Variant names
The
United States Geological Survey
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records
the following variant names for the Corsica River:
*Corsaca Creek
*Corseca Creek
*Corsica Creek
*Coursaca Creeke
*Coursegall Creek
*Coursevall Creek
*Coursivall Creek
*Coursys Creek
*Croseor Creeke
*Muddy Branch
See also
*
List of Maryland rivers
*''
Red Kayak''
References
External links
NOAA nautical chart 12272
Tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay
Rivers of Queen Anne's County, Maryland
Rivers of Maryland
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