Licking Run is a

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of Beaver Run in Richland Township and Quakertown in

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in the

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.Potser, Carolyn E.; Pilecki, John T.; Bosworth, Nancy Walp; ''Images of America, Quakertown'', Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, 2002, P78.

Course

Licking Run rises with two branches in Richland Township at an elevation of , just east of

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(North West End Boulevard) which are south oriented for about a mile and join just west of Quakertown where the main branch turns east, picks up another branch from the left and continues through town. It passes along the south side of Memorial Park in Quakertown. At the east end of the Borough, it turns to the south where it meets its confluence with Beaver Run (at Beaver Run's 0.82

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) at an elevation of , which results in an average slope of 32.74 feet per mile (5.55 meters per kilometer).

Geology

* Appalachian Highlands Division ** Piedmont Province *** Gettysburg-Newark Lowland Section ****Brunswick Formation Beaver Run lies in the Brunswick Formation, a sedimentary rock laid down during the

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and the

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, consisting of mudstone, siltstone, and green, brown, and reddish-brown shale. Mineralogy includes

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and

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Crossings and Bridges

* West Pumping Station Road * Kelly Drive * Sunshine Drive * Golden Gate Drive * West Mill Street * North Main Street (California Road) * North 9th Street * North Main Street *

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(North Hellertown Avenue) * North Ambler Street * North Penrose Street (pedestrian bridge) * Erie Road

References

{{authority control Rivers of Bucks County, Pennsylvania Rivers of Pennsylvania Tributaries of Tohickon Creek