Martins Creek is a tributary of the
Delaware River
The Delaware River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. From the meeting of its branches in Hancock (village), New York, Hancock, New York, the river flows for along the borders of N ...
in
Bucks County,
Pennsylvania, meeting its confluence at the Delaware River 122
river mile.
[http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetteerOfStreams.pdf, page 93]
Statistics
Martins Creek has a
watershed
Watershed is a hydrological term, which has been adopted in other fields in a more or less figurative sense. It may refer to:
Hydrology
* Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
* Drainage basin, called a "watershe ...
of . It was entered into the
Geographic Names Information System of the
U.S. Geological Survey as identification number 1180503, U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey I.D. is 02920.
Course
Martins Creek is contained wholly with in Falls Township. It rises just north of Trenton Road in the north portion of the township at an elevation of and flows southeast while joining with two tributaries, one from the left and one from the right. Just after it passes under New Falls Road, it joins with another unnamed tributary from the right, at which it makes a left turn then bends right again flowing southeast until it passes under
U.S. Route 13 where it meets with
Rock Run from the left where Martins turns right flowing almost due south. Just north of Mill Creek road it connects with the
Pennsylvania Canal (Delaware Division)
The Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania Canal, more commonly called the Delaware Canal, runs for parallel to the right bank of the Delaware River from the entry locks near the mouth of the Lehigh River and terminal end of the Lehigh Canal at ...
and continues on the other side of the canal, flowing south until it meets at the Delaware River's 122.4
river mile at an elevation of , resulting in an average slope of .
Municipalities
*
Falls Township
Crossings and bridges
See also
*
List of rivers of Pennsylvania
*
List of rivers of the United States
*
List of Delaware River tributaries
References
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Rivers of Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Rivers of Pennsylvania
Tributaries of the Delaware River