Tulpehocken Creek (Schuylkill River)
Tulip Squat Creek | ||
Catchment area of the Schuylkill |
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location | Pennsylvania , ( United States ) | |
River system | Delaware | |
Drain over | Schuylkill River → Delaware River → Atlantic Ocean | |
Beginning | Headwaters 40 ° 22 ′ 4 ″ N , 76 ° 23 ′ 21 ″ W |
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Source height | approx. 190 m | |
muzzle | Confluence coordinates: 40 ° 20 ′ 41 ″ N , 75 ° 57 ′ 2 ″ W 40 ° 20 ′ 41 ″ N , 75 ° 57 ′ 2 ″ W. |
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Mouth height | approx. 55 m | |
Height difference | approx. 135 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 2.1 ‰ | |
length | 63.6 km | |
Reservoirs flowed through | Blue Marsh Lake | |
Medium-sized cities | Meyerstown , Reading | |
Remains of a former bridge over Tulpehocken Creek |
The Tulpehocken Creek is a river in Berks County in the US state of Pennsylvania . It rises about 1.5 kilometers east of Millardsville . Then he passes Stouchsburg on the left and Womelsdorf on the right , before turning north. There it flows past Charming Forge (left). After Kricks Mill (right) it flows east until it turns south of Bernville in a southeast direction. Below Bernville, the Tulpehocken Creek is dammed into the Blue Marsh Lake . In Reading it flows into the Schuylkill River .