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It rises in extreme southeastern Pennsylvania , in southern Chester County , It flows south, cutting across the extreme northeast corner of Maryland , then ENE into New Castle County, Delaware , past Glasgow , approaching Wilmington from the southwest. At Newport it receives White Clay Creek from the west. In Wilmington, 2 mi (3 km) from its mouth, it receives Brandywine Creek from the northwest. The confluence of Brandywine Creek and the Christina was the site in 1638 of Fort Christina , a settlement of the New Sweden . The river and its tributaries drain an area of approximately 565 sq mi (1470 km²) and supply approximately 100 million gallons (400 million liters) of water per day for more than half a million people in Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. The river basin provides 75% of the water supply for New Castle County, Delaware, and more than 40% of the water supply for Chester County, Pennsylvania. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |