Pennsylvania Dutch
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: Hollenbach) is a
tributary
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of
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 windin ...
in
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Lehigh County (Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Lechaa Kaundi'') is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 374,557.
.Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004.
Jordan Creek arises from a natural spring on Blue Mountain. The spring is located downhill from the Bake Oven Knob shelter on the
Appalachian Trail
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in Heidelberg Township in Lehigh County. The water course then flows intermittently downhill past Mountain Road, carrying further south through Heidelberg Township and passing through the
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, ...
in Schnecksville.
Jordan Creek joins Little Lehigh Creek in
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before soon flowing into the
Lehigh River
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. It drains an area of .
Jordan Creek is one several
Lehigh Valley
The Lehigh Valley (), known colloquially as The Valley, is a geographic region formed by the Lehigh River in Lehigh County and Northampton County in eastern Pennsylvania. It is a component valley of the Great Appalachian Valley bound to the no ...
locations, along with
Bethlehem
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,
Egypt
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, and
Emmaus
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, whose name was inspired by locations referenced in the
Bible
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.
Tributaries
*Elk Ridge Run
*Haasadahl Creek
*Hegel's Run
*Macintosh Run
*Mill Creek
*Schantz Valley Creek
*Switzer Creek
*Thicket 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
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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, ...