Lehigh River
| Lehigh River | ||
 Catchment area of the Lehigh River |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 1198082 | |
| location | Pennsylvania (USA) | |
| River system | Delaware River | |
| Drain over | Delaware River → Atlantic Ocean | |
| source |
Pocono Peak Lake in Wayne County 41 ° 16 ′ 42 ″ N , 75 ° 24 ′ 22 ″ W. |
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| muzzle | in the Delaware River at Easton , Northampton County Coordinates: 40 ° 41 ′ 20 " N , 75 ° 12 ′ 17" W 40 ° 41 ′ 20 " N , 75 ° 12 ′ 17" W |
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| Mouth height |
45 m
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| length | 166 km | |
| Catchment area | 3485 km² | |
| Outflow at Glendon gauge |
MQ |
106 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Tobyhanna Creek , Pohopoco Creek , Aquashicola Creek , Hokendauqua Creek , Monocacy Creek | |
| Right tributaries | North Bear Creek , Nesquehoning Creek , Mauch Chuck Creek , Mahoning Creek , Lizard Creek , Jordan Creek , Saucon Creek | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Francis E. Walter Reservoir | |
| Small towns | Lehighton , Allentown , Bethlehem , Easton | |
 Lehigh River at Jim Thorpe |
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 Forest view on the Lehigh River in Pennsylvania. |
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The Lehigh River is a 166-kilometer tributary of the Delaware River in eastern Pennsylvania . The Lehigh River found literary mention in John Jakes ' novel trilogy filmed as Torches in the Storm . The hometown of George Hazard ( Lehigh Station ), however, is fictional. The river follows a very winding course through the Appalachian Mountains , which is why the Lenni Lenape called it Lechewuekink ('where there are many divisions, branches'), from which the anglicised name Lehigh developed. The upper reaches of the river are characterized by numerous rapids. Its lower reaches form the heartland of an area called Lehigh Valley , which was of historical importance for the mining of anthracite coal and steel production .
Run
The river has its origin in the Pocono Mountains in northeastern Pennsylvania . It rises from several pools in southwest Wayne County , about 25 km southeast of Scranton . It initially follows a southwest direction through the south of Lackawanna County and flows through the Francis E. Walter Reservoir. At White Haven , Middleburg , it turns south and zigzags through Lehigh Gorge State Park to Jim Thorpe and then southeast to Lehighton . He squeezes southeast of Lehighton in a narrow gorge cut by the Blue Mountain over. This point is known as the Lehigh Gap . From there, the water flows in a south-easterly direction to Allentown , where Little Lehigh Creek flows into it, and then to the north-east past Bethlehem , and then flows into the Delaware River in Easton on the state border with New Jersey .
Hydrology
The United States Geological Survey operates a gauge in Glendon . The average annual runoff there is 106 m³ / s.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ USGS - GNIS - Lehigh River