请输入您要查询的百科知识:

 

词条 Beaver Creek (Lehigh River)
释义

  1. History of the Region

  2. See also

  3. Notes

  4. References

{{Infobox river
| name = Beaver Creek, Carbon County, Pennsylvania
| image = Sources of Nesquehoning creek from hzlt93sw-Rot90cw.JPG
| image_caption = NEED AN APPROPRIATE IMAGE {{void|1=
| source1_coordinates = {{coord|40.85|-75.975}}
| source1_elevation ={{convert|1360|ft|m|0}}
| source1_location = Highest of two: on south face Broad Mountain above Hometown
| mouth_location = Lehigh River between Jim Thorpe and Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania.
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|40.8755|-75.7615|region:US-PA|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| basin_countries =
| length = {{convert|14.9|mi|km|abbr=on}}[2]
| mouth_elevation =
| discharge1_avg =
| basin_size = }}
}}

Beaver Creek in Carbon County, Pennsylvania is an east-to-west running tributary of the Lehigh River giving name to and draining the southern terrains of Beaver Meadows into Black Creek. It rises {{convert|1500|ft}} Southeast of the intersection of Main Street and Lincoln Circle

in Junedale, one unincorporated village (neighborhood) of Banks Township at the Northwestern corner of Carbon County, Pennsylvania, and runs nearly due east-northeast through the center of Beaver Meadows, Pennsylvania {{convert|5.74|mi}} to the approximate centerline of Weatherly, where it turns abruptly and runs due south 1.25 miles through the center of Weatherly where {{convert|7.0|mi}} from its source, it merges with Quakake Creek, thereby forming Black Creek, Pennsylvania which turns abruptly east from its origin.

History of the Region

The streams played a large role in the development of the Province of Pennsylvania as a turnpike was constructed from Lausanne{{efn


|Lausanne was a 19th century township which included the Lehigh's exit from the Lehigh River Gorge opposite the mouth of Nesquehoning Creek about two miles above Mauch Chunk.

See also

  • List of rivers of Pennsylvania

Notes

{{notelist}}

References

1. ^U.S. Geological Survey. West Point quadrangle, Ohio. 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series. Washington D.C.: USGS, 1992.
2. ^U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map {{Webarchive|url=https://www.webcitation.org/66gupqQDM?url=http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2012-04-05 }}, accessed April 1, 2011
3. ^U.S. Geological Survey. East Liverpool North quadrangle, Ohio. 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series. Washington D.C.: USGS, 1994.
4. ^{{cite web| title = Map of Ohio watersheds | url = http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/water/watersheds/Basins72PDI_40x40_OnScreen.gif}}
{{coord|40.9316|-75.8228|type:river_region:US-PA|format=dms|display=title}}{{CarbonCountyPA-geo-stub}}{{Pennsylvania-river-stub}}

3 : Tributaries of the Lehigh River|Rivers of Pennsylvania|Rivers of Carbon County, Pennsylvania

随便看

 

开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识,基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识,是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。

 

Copyright © 2023 OENC.NET All Rights Reserved
京ICP备2021023879号 更新时间:2024/11/17 18:06:12