Rivers and Creeks
- Delaware River: "South River" (Södre Rivier; as opposed to the Hudson), "Swedish River" (Swenskes Rivier), "New Sweden River" (Nya Sweriges Rivier)
- Schuylkill River: "Schuyl Creek" (Schuylen Kÿl)
- Christina River: "Susquehanna" (Minquas) or "Christina Creek" (Christina Kÿl)
- Brandywine Creek: "Fish Creek" (Fiske Kÿl)
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Famous quotes containing the words rivers and and/or rivers:
“It is easier to move rivers and mountains than to change a person’s basic nature.”
—Chinese proverb.
“The whole tree itself is but one leaf, and rivers are still vaster leaves whose pulp is intervening earth, and towns and cities are the ova of insects in their axils.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)