Swabia Creek
River in Pennsylvania, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Swabia Creek is a tributary of Little Lehigh Creek in Berks and Lehigh Counties in the eastern Pennsylvania region of the Lehigh Valley.
Quick Facts Swabia Creek Swope Creek, Swabian Creek, Swamp Run, Etymology ...
Swabia Creek Swope Creek, Swabian Creek, Swamp Run | |
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Etymology | "Swabia" derives from the birthplace of many of the area's early settlers. "Swope" is an anglicization of "Schwab" (a person from Swabia). |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Lehigh, Berks |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Primary (west) branch |
• location | Rittenhouse Gap |
• coordinates | 40.4739852°N 75.6268548°W / 40.4739852; -75.6268548 |
2nd source | East branch |
• location | Hensingersville Dam |
• coordinates | 40.487766°N 75.582127°W / 40.487766; -75.582127 |
• elevation | 843 ft (257 m) |
3rd source | Headwater of Mountain Creek |
• location | Upper Milford Township, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40.4942°N 75.5628°W / 40.4942; -75.5628 |
Source confluence | West and east branches |
• location | Hensingersville, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40.5038°N 75.5953°W / 40.5038; -75.5953 |
• elevation | 433 ft (132 m) |
Mouth | Little Lehigh Creek |
• location | Macungie, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40.53584°N 75.53867°W / 40.53584; -75.53867 |
• elevation | 351 ft (107 m) |
Basin size | 12.37 sq mi (32.0 km2) |
Discharge | |
• location | Macungie, Pennsylvania |
Basin features | |
River system | Little Lehigh Creek |
Tributaries | |
• right | Mountain Creek, Indian Creek |
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