Little Delaware River is a river in Delaware County, New York. It begins along the western slope of Plattekill Mountain, northeast of the Hamlet of Bovina and flows generally westward before converging with the West Branch Delaware River by the Village of Delhi.[3]

Little Delaware River
Little Delaware shown as a tributary of the West Branch Delaware
Location of the mouth within New York Show map of New York Adirondack Park Little Delaware River (the United States) Show map of the United States
Location
Country	United States
State	New York
Region	Catskills
County	Delaware
Towns	Bovina, Delhi
Physical characteristics
Source	Unnamed mountain
• location	NE of Bovina
• coordinates	42°17′23″N 74°39′58″W[1]
Mouth	West Branch Delaware River
• location	Delhi
• coordinates	42°15′35″N 74°55′43″W[1]
• elevation	1,325 ft (404 m)[1]
Length	16 mi (26 km)[2]
Basin size	52.2 sq mi (135 km2)[3]
Discharge
• location	Delhi
• minimum	.8 cubic feet per second (0.023 m3/s)
• maximum	6,100 cubic feet per second (170 m3/s)
Basin features
River system	Delaware River
Tributaries
• left	Mountain Brook, Coulter Brook
• right	Brush Brook, Glen Burnie, Hughes Brook, Toll Gate Brook

Fishing

In the Little Delaware River the wild brown trout and brook trout populations are supplemented with the stocking of about 700 brown trout yearlings each year. The fish are stocked in a 0.8 miles (1.3 km) zone at the mouth and a 1.2 miles (1.9 km) zone downstream of the hamlet of Bovina Center. Brown trout are the dominant wild trout in the stream, but there are also large amounts of brook trout upstream of Bovina Center.[2]

Watershed

The Little Delaware River's watershed makes up for 7.84% of the West Branch Delaware River's drainage area.[3][4]

Hydrology

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) maintains one stream gauge along the Little Delaware River.

The station by the Village of Delhi has been in operation since October 1937, but only making maximum measurements since December 1996. It is located on left bank 10 feet (3.0 m) downstream from bridge on Thomson Cross Road and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) upstream from the mouth. This station had a maximum discharge of about 6,100 cubic feet per second (170 m³/s) and a gauge height of 8.51 feet (2.59 m) from floodmark on January 19, 1996 and a minimum discharge of .8 cubic feet per second (0.023 m³/s) on August 10–12, 1964 and September 24–25,1964.[5]

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