Talk:Pocomoke River

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Claim of the deepest river etc.
The article says that the Pocomoke "... is reputed to be one of the deepest rivers for its width in the world". The source is an archived page of the regional Daily Times and says: “For its width, it is the deepest river in the United States,” said Doug Levin, director of the Earth Mapping Laboratory at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. “It is the second deepest in the world, next to the Nile.”

I don't believe the source is reliable, for several reasons.
 * no measure of depth, merely that it's reputed to be one of the deepest.
 * the Pocomoke being "the deepest for its width" is as meaningless as saying "Blanca Peak CO is the highest for its prominence".
 * to claim that it is the second deepest in the world next to the Nile ignores the US rivers that are deeper than the Pocomoke and the world's rivers that are deeper than the Nile.
 * WP articles provide depths for major rivers that have reliable sources for them. For example, the Congo River, generally held to be the deepest in the world, has depths greater than 720 ft, Amazon River greater than 330 ft, and the USGS and NOAA data record numerous US rivers that are deeper than 50 ft, for example parts of the Middle and Lower Mississippi and the Tennessee rivers.
 * For much of its course, the Pocomoke is lower than the 10 ft above sea level contour. Is it likely that it is deeper than 50 ft?

With 'all' that said, I've removed the part that refers to the claim. Of course, if there is a reliable source for the Pocomoke being one of the deepest rivers in the USA, if not The World, the article should reflect that. Twistlethrop (talk) 08:17, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

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Substituted at 03:09, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

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Other names
I was reading an old book about Baltimore which mentions the "river Wigho". A google search led me to the German version of this page, which lists several other names for the Pocomoke. Maybe this should be added, but I have many other things on my todo list right now.Pelirojopajaro (talk) 15:50, 16 June 2019 (UTC)