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Little Loyalsock Creek is the major
tributary
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of
Loyalsock Creek
Loyalsock Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River located chiefly in Sullivan and Lycoming counties in ...
in
Lycoming and
Sullivan counties,
Pennsylvania
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, United States. The creek is long.
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed August 8, 2011 Via Loyalsock Creek and the
West Branch Susquehanna River
The West Branch Susquehanna River is one of the two principal branches, along with the North Branch, of the Susquehanna River in the Northeastern United States. The North Branch, which rises in upstate New York, is generally regarded as the exte ...
, it is part of the
Susquehanna River
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drainage basin, and waters from it flow ultimately into the
Chesapeake Bay
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.
Course
Little Loyalsock Creek has its source near the borough of
Dushore in Sullivan County, then flows west-southwest to its confluence with Loyalsock Creek in the borough of
Forksville.
See also
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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
*''E ...
References
External links
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection 2001 ''Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams''Lycoming County Watersheds Map(copyright expired)
Official Lycoming County Map showing all townships, villages, boroughs, cities, county roads, rivers, creeks, and some streams
Tributaries of Loyalsock Creek
Rivers of Pennsylvania
Rivers of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
Rivers of Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
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