Category archives for Piedmont Province

Examples of Philadelphia Area Water Gaps

Water gaps are formed where a stream or river has cut a valley across some type of ridge. Pennsylvania’s water gaps are often associated with where streams and rivers have cut what are sometimes spectacular water gaps in the state’s Valley and Ridge Province. Often overlooked are numerous, but somewhat less specular water gaps found […]

Guide to Landforms Seen Along SEPTA’s West Trenton Regional Rail Line

Overview: Along its 32.5-mile trip from Center City Philadelphia to West Trenton a SEPTA West Trenton train travels from the Philadelphia City Center to and then along the Coastal Plain-Piedmont boundary before moving onto the Piedmont Province to reach the Tookany Creek drainage basin. Once in the Tookany Creek valley the train travels in a […]