This is the second essay in which Philadelphia area drainage systems and erosional landforms as seen on detailed topographic maps are viewed as pieces of a solvable puzzle. The puzzle solution assumes running water carved the landscape features and the puzzle problem is to determine how running water accomplished that task. Each essay presents one […]
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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 […]
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