Valley Creek originates as a north oriented stream along the Chester Valley south wall and turns in an east-northeast direction to flow along the Chester Valley floor, but before reaching the southeast oriented Schuylkill River turns in a north direction to cross the Chester Valley north wall between Mount Joy and Mount Misery and to […]
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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 […]
Multiple wind gaps (or water-eroded notches) carved in the West Branch Chester Creek-Brandywine Creek divide east and south of Chadds Ford, PA and north of the Delaware border provide evidence that multiple channels of flood flow moved in a southwest direction to the south oriented Brandywine Creek valley prior to headward erosion of the east, […]
The East Branch Chester Creek is located slightly east of West Chester and originates in the Valley Hills north of West Chester before flowing in a south-southeast direction with a jog to the east at West Chester Reservoir to eventually join the West Branch Chester Creek (which originates south of West Chester) to form southeast […]
To date this website has used simple map interpretation methods when interpreting Philadelphia area landform origins and previous researcher interpretations have not been mentioned. While multiple Philadelphia area geologic and geographic studies have been conducted over the past 150 years origins of most landforms interpreted here have never been addressed at least in a way […]
The Schuylkill River between Phoenixville and Norristown makes several remarkable direction changes including two complete U-turns just upstream from Valley Forge National Historical Park. Other interesting Schuylkill River U-turns or perhaps incised meanders are found between Pottstown and Phoenixville, although this essay will focus on the U-turns between Phoenixville and Valley Forge National Historical Park. […]
While there is no common point the Susquehanna, Delaware, and Schuylkill River drainage basins are very close to each other in the Honey Brook Basin, which is located between Welsh Mountain and the Baron Hills. Pequea Creek originates in the Honey Brook Basin and after flowing in a southeast direction turns to flow in a […]
The Honey Brook basin as defined here is located between Welsh Mountain and the Baron Hills and serves as the headwaters region for the East and West Branches of Brandywine Creek, the South Branch of French Creek, and Pequea Creek with Brandywine Creek flowing to the Delaware River, French Creek to the Schuylkill River, and […]
The East and West Branches of Brandywine Creek both originate in the area east of Honey Brook and between Welsh Mountain and the Baron Hills. From their common headwaters area the two streams diverge to take completely different south oriented routes to cross the east-northeast oriented Chester Valley and to carve separate narrow and deep […]
Pequea Creek originates on the Welsh Mountain southeast flank and flows in a southeast direction before turning to flow in a west and southwest direction to eventually join the Susquehanna River. The West Branch Brandywine Creek also originates along the Welsh Mountain southeast flank, although east of the Pequea Creek headwaters, and flows in a […]
The Chester Valley between Parkesburg and Coatesville is an east-northeast oriented segment of a much longer through valley and includes the drainage divide between south oriented Buck Run at Pomeroy and south oriented West Branch Brandywine Creek at Coatesville. West Branch Brandywine Creek flows from the 600-700 foot high North Valley Hills (north of the […]
The Chester Valley between Coatesville and Dowingtown is an east-northeast oriented through valley linking south oriented West Branch Brandywine Creek with south oriented East Branch Brandywine Creek. West Branch Brandywine Creek flows from the 500-600 foot high North Valley Hills (north of the Chester Valley) to enter and cross the less than 350-foot high Chester […]
West of the City of West Chester, Pennsylvania the East Branch Brandywine Creek flows in a south-southeast and southwest direction to join southeast, northeast, and southeast oriented West Branch Brandywine Creek and to form southeast oriented Brandywine Creek. Broad Run is a southeast, east, and south-southeast oriented West Branch Brandywine Creek tributary located between the […]
Figure 1: Chester Valley segment between Valley Creek and East Brandywine Creek showing East Brandy Creek and Valley Creek valleys in the South Valley Hills. United States Geological Survey map digitally presented using National Geographic TOPO software. One the Philadelphia region’s most easily recognized landforms is the Chester Valley, which extends in an east-northeast direction […]
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