Philadelphia area drainage systems and erosional landforms when viewed on detailed topographic maps can be considered to be pieces of a giant puzzle, which if properly assembled tells how the regional landscape was formed. The topographic maps which can be obtained from the United States Geological Survey National Map and TopoView websites provide a big […]
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The towns of Villanova, Rosemont, and Bryn Mawr are located Schuylkill River-Delaware River drainage divide with Rosemont being located on the divide between Mill Creek, which flows to the Schuylkill River, and Meadowbrook Run, which flows to Darby Creek, which then flows to the Delaware River. The drainage divide elevation at the Rosemont saddle location […]
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 […]
