Neversink River

Neversink River
The Neversink at Oakland Valley
The Neversink and its two branches
Location
Country	United States
State	New York
Counties	Orange, Sullivan
City	Port Jervis
Physical characteristics
Source	East Branch Neversink River
• location	S of col between Slide and Cornell mountains, Town of Shandaken, Ulster County
• coordinates	41°59′40″N 74°22′21″W / 41.99444°N 74.37250°W / 41.99444; -74.37250
• elevation	2,960 ft (900 m)
2nd source	West Branch Neversink River
• location	NW slope of Slide Mountain, Town of Shandaken
• coordinates	42°00′19″N 74°23′29″W / 42.00528°N 74.39139°W / 42.00528; -74.39139
• elevation	3,480 ft (1,060 m)
Source confluence
• location	S of Claryville, Sullivan County
• coordinates	41°54′57″N 74°34′29″W / 41.91583°N 74.57472°W / 41.91583; -74.57472
• elevation	1,600 ft (490 m)
Mouth	Delaware River
• location	Port Jervis, Orange County
• coordinates	41°21′24″N 74°41′43″W / 41.35667°N 74.69528°W / 41.35667; -74.69528
• elevation	400 ft (120 m)
Length	55 mi (89 km)
Basin size	435 sq mi (1,130 km2)
Discharge
• location	Godeffroy, NY
• average	463 cu ft/s (13.1 m3/s)
• minimum	32 cu ft/s (0.91 m3/s)
• maximum	33,000 cu ft/s (930 m3/s)
Discharge
• location	Claryville
• average	174 cu ft/s (4.9 m3/s)

The Neversink River (also called Neversink Creek in its upper course) is a 55-mile-long (89 km)^[1] tributary of the Delaware River in southeastern New York in the United States. The name of the river comes from the corruption of an Algonquian language phrase meaning "mad river."^{[citation needed]}

The Neversink River is considered by many to be the birthplace of American dry fly fishing.^[2]