Mink Run (Rabbit Run) is a

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of the

Tohickon Creek Tohickon Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the Delaware River. Located entirely in Bucks County, in southeastern Pennsylvania, it r ...

in Bedminster Township,

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in the

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.MacReynolds, George, ''Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania'', Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P244.

Statistics

Mink Run rises just east of Fairview Road in Bedminster Township and is part of the Delaware River watershed. Its GNIS identification number is 1181342 and was entered into the GNIS system on 2 August 1797, its Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources identification number is 03145, has a watershed of , and it meets its confluence at the Tohickon Creek's 8.01

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Course

Mink Run begins about southeast of Lake Nockamixon at an elevation of and runs about where it turns south-southeast and picks up two tributaries, one on either side, after flowing another mile it shares its mouth with Deer Run at an elevation of . Its average slope is Wolf Run meets the Tohickon only a couple hundred feet downstream of Mink Run's confluence.

Geology

* Appalachian Highlands Division ** Piedmont Province *** Gettysburg-Newark Lowland Section ****Brunswick Formation Wolf Run lies within the Brunswick Formation in the Newark Basin laid down during the

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and the

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. Rocks includes mudstone, siltstone, and reddish-brown, green, and brown shale. Mineralogy includes red and dark-gray

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and

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Crossings and Bridges

* Farm School Road * Deer Run Road * Fretz Valley Road * Sweetbriar Road

References

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

Statistics

Course

Geology

Crossings and Bridges

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