The divide between West Branch Red Clay Creek and the East Branch White Clay Creek near Kennett Square is crossed by at least two former west-southwest oriented water flow channels. The southern former channel east end is drained by a north, east-northeast and southeast oriented tributary to the West Branch Red Clay Creek while the […]
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Longwood Gardens near Kennett Square in Chester County is located on the drainage divide between Brandywine Creek to the east and Red Clay Creek to the west. A former east-to-west oriented water flow channel crosses the present-day Brandywine Creek-Red Clay Creek divide on the Longwood Gardens grounds on the north side of the main conservatory […]
Ridley Creek originates in the Valleys Hills of East Goshen Township while the East Branch of Chester Creek originates a short distance to the west in West Goshen Township. From these closely spaced headwaters regions water flows along the separate, but roughly parallel, south-southeast and southeast oriented Ridley and Chester Creek drainage routes to eventually […]
Figure 1 illustrates the drainage divide area at Chester Heights between Chester Creek and West Branch Chester Creek and also illustrates at locations 1 and 2 two well-defined gaps (or notches) linking northeast oriented tributary valleys with southwest oriented tributary valleys. Note how Chester Creek flows in a southeast direction from the north center edge […]
Ridley Creek flows in a south-southeast direction along the west edge of Media and eventually reaches the southwest oriented Delaware River while Chester Creek flows in a southeast direction approximately 3 kilometers to the west and independently reaches the Delaware River. In addition to being two closely spaced and roughly parallel southeast oriented Delaware River […]
Mill Creek originates just north of the Villanova University campus and flows in an east direction along the north sides of the Rosemont College and Bryn Mawr campuses until it turns to flow in an east-southeast and a south-southeast direction before making an abrupt turn to flow in a northeast direction to join the southeast […]
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