Salem River

Salem River
The Salem River in Salem in 2006
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
City	Salem
Source
- location	Upper Pittsgrove Township
- coordinates	39°35′59″N 75°13′45″W / 39.59972°N 75.22917°W / 39.59972; -75.22917
Mouth	Delaware River
- location	boundary of Pennsville and Elsinboro townships
- elevation	0 ft (0 m)
- coordinates	39°34′23″N 75°30′44″W / 39.57306°N 75.51222°W / 39.57306; -75.51222Coordinates: 39°34′23″N 75°30′44″W / 39.57306°N 75.51222°W / 39.57306; -75.51222
Length	35 mi (56 km)
Basin	110 sq mi (285 km2) plus

The Salem River is a 34.7-mile-long (55.8 km)tributary of the Delaware River in southwestern New Jersey in the United States.

The course and watershed of the Salem River are entirely within Salem County. Tributaries of the Salem include Game Creek, Mannington Creek, and Fenwick Creek. The river rises in Upper Pittsgrove Township and flows initially westwardly, through Pilesgrove Township and the borough of Woodstown and along the boundaries of Carneys Point and Mannington Townships. Near Deepwater it approaches to within 2 miles (3 km) of the Delaware River, a distance breached by the Salem (Deepwater) Canal, which connects the two rivers. From there the Salem River turns to the south, flowing along the boundary of Mannington and Pennsville Townships, where it widens into a meandering shallow estuary, Kates Creek Meadow, and passes the city of Salem, its head of navigability. It flows into the Delaware River from the east near the head of Delaware Bay, on the boundary of Pennsville and Elsinboro townships, approximately 2 miles (3 km) west of Salem and approximately 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Finns Point.