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Little Lehigh Creek
Little Lehigh Creek is approximately long and is located in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. It is sometimes referred to as the Little Lehigh River. It is the largest tributary of the Lehigh River. The creek flows in a winding course through the Lehigh Valley. It originates in Longswamp Township in Berks County and flows generally northeast through Lower Macungie Township and Salisbury Township. In the city of Allentown, it receives Jordan Creek, just before flowing into the Lehigh River. The Little Lehigh has of drainage area in Lehigh County and of drainage area in Berks County. Recreation The Little Lehigh forms a linear park in Allentown and Emmaus. This park has a covered bridge and walking trails along the creek. In spite of a trout hatchery in the park, the stream is known for its population of wild brown trout. Sections of the stream are designated for catch and release fly fishing only. There are extensive equestrian trails running along the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Lehigh Creek Allentown
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Trout
Trout are species of freshwater fish belonging to the genera '' Oncorhynchus'', ''Salmo'' and ''Salvelinus'', all of the subfamily Salmoninae of the family Salmonidae. The word ''trout'' is also used as part of the name of some non-salmonid fish such as ''Cynoscion nebulosus'', the spotted seatrout or speckled trout. Trout are closely related to salmon and char (or charr): species termed salmon and char occur in the same genera as do fish called trout (''Oncorhynchus'' – Pacific salmon and trout, ''Salmo'' – Atlantic salmon and various trout, ''Salvelinus'' – char and trout). Lake trout and most other trout live in freshwater lakes and rivers exclusively, while there are others, such as the steelhead, a form of the coastal rainbow trout, that can spend two or three years at sea before returning to fresh water to spawn (a habit more typical of salmon). Arctic char and brook trout are part of the char genus. Trout are an important food source for humans and wildlife, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Pennsylvania
This is a list of streams and rivers in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Delaware Bay Chesapeake Bay *''Elk River (MD)'' **Big Elk Creek ** Little Elk Creek *''North East River (MD) ** North East Creek *Gunpowder River Susquehanna River *Susquehanna River ** Deer Creek **Octoraro Creek *** West Branch Octoraro Creek **** Stewart Run *** East Branch Octoraro Creek **** Muddy Run **Conowingo Creek ** Fishing Creek (Lancaster County) **Muddy Creek (Susquehanna River tributary) *** North Branch Muddy Creek ***South Branch Muddy Creek **Tucquan Creek ** Otter Creek **Pequea Creek ***Big Beaver Creek *** Little Beaver Creek **Conestoga River ***Little Conestoga Creek *** Mill Creek ***Lititz Run *** Cocalico Creek **** Hammer Creek **** Middle Creek **** Indian Run ****Little Cocalico Creek ***Muddy Creek (Conestoga River tributary) **** Little M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geography Of Allentown, Pennsylvania
Allentown ( Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Allenschteddel'', ''Allenschtadt'', or ''Ellsdaun'') is a city in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The city has a population of 125,845 as of the 2020 census. It is the fastest-growing major city in Pennsylvania and the state's third largest city, behind Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. It is the largest city in both Lehigh County and the Lehigh Valley, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of 2020. Allentown was founded in 1762 and is the county seat of Lehigh County. Located on the Lehigh River, a tributary of the Delaware River, Allentown is the largest of three adjacent cities, along with Bethlehem and Easton, in Lehigh and Northampton counties that form the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. Allentown is located north of Philadelphia and west of New York City. History Origins In the early 1700s, the area that is now Allentown and Lehigh County was a wilderness of scr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trexler Nature Preserve
The Trexler Nature Preserve is an 1,108 acre county park owned and maintained by Lehigh County in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania.County of Lehigh, Dept. of General Services, "Trexler-Lehigh Game Preserve Master Plan" (Allentown, PA, May 2006), 1–1. The preserve is situated in Lowhill Township and North Whitehall Township and the land that comprises the preserve was originally purchased between 1901 and 1911 by local industrialist General Harry Clay Trexler.County of Lehigh, Dept. of General Services, "Trexler-Lehigh Game Preserve Master Plan" (Allentown, PA, May 2006), 1–2. It was originally Trexler's desire to stock the preserve with big game animals such as bison, elk, and deer with the express goal of saving the North American Bison. When Trexler died in 1933, the preserve, by will, passed to the care of the County of Lehigh. Lehigh County assumed title in 1935 and has been in control of the site ever since.County of Lehigh, Dept. of General Services, "Trex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rivers Of Pennsylvania
This is a list of streams and rivers in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Delaware Bay Chesapeake Bay *''Elk River (MD)'' **Big Elk Creek **Little Elk Creek *''North East River (MD) **North East Creek *Gunpowder River Susquehanna River *Susquehanna River ** Deer Creek **Octoraro Creek *** West Branch Octoraro Creek **** Stewart Run *** East Branch Octoraro Creek **** Muddy Run ** Conowingo Creek ** Fishing Creek (Lancaster County) **Muddy Creek (Susquehanna River tributary) ***North Branch Muddy Creek *** South Branch Muddy Creek ** Tucquan Creek ** Otter Creek **Pequea Creek *** Big Beaver Creek ***Little Beaver Creek ** Conestoga River *** Little Conestoga Creek *** Mill Creek *** Lititz Run ***Cocalico Creek ****Hammer Creek **** Middle Creek **** Indian Run **** Little Cocalico Creek ***Muddy Creek (Conestoga River tributary) **** Little ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swabia Creek
Swabia Creek is a tributary of Little Lehigh Creek in Berks and Lehigh Counties in the eastern Pennsylvania region of the Lehigh Valley. Sources The primary (west) branch of Swabia Creek begins in the Bear Creek Mountain Resort, near Rittenhouse Gap in Longswamp Township, Berks County. Two other tributary streams, unnamed, also begin in Berks County. The east branch begins with numerous seeps and rivulets feeding into Hensingersville Dam in Lower Macungie Township. Two tributaries, Mountain Creek and an unnamed stream, begin in Upper Milford Township. All streams begin on the South Mountain ridge, although surface and ground waters enter from Lock Ridge. Course Swabian valleys A tributary of the west branch flows past the village of Red Lion and joins the primary branch and another tributary in the village of Maple Grove. The west branch of Swabia Creek then runs along the Lock Ridge south face. The east branch passes through Hensingersville Dam. The east and we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spring Creek (Little Lehigh Creek Tributary)
Spring Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of Little Lehigh Creek in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania.Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004. It is formed by the confluences of Schaefer Run and Iron Run at Mosser Spring near Trexlertown. Spring Creek joins Little Lehigh Creek several miles upstream from Emmaus in Lehigh County. Tributaries *Schaefer Run *Iron Run See also *List of rivers of Pennsylvania This is a list of streams and rivers in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Delaware Bay Chesapeake Bay *'' ... References Tributaries of the Lehigh River Rivers of Pennsylvania Rivers of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mill Creek (Jordan Creek)
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Switzer Creek
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