The Pidcock Creek drainage basin is located east of Doylestown in Bucks County and is bounded on the southwest by the southeast and south oriented Mill Creek drainage basin, the northwest by Buckingham Mountain, the north by Solebury Mountain, the northeast by the southeast oriented Delaware River, and the south and southeast by Bowman Hill […]
Northeast oriented Aquetong Creek headwaters originate north and east of Lahaska, Pa area and eventually reach the south oriented Delaware River while south and south-southwest oriented Lahaska Creek flows just west and south of Lahaska to reach Mill Creek and then Neshaminy Creek, which eventually flows to a southwest oriented Delaware River segment. Through valleys […]
Watson Creek is a relatively minor stream located east of Doylestown and flows in a south and northeast direction to join southeast oriented Mill Creek, which then joins southeast and south oriented Neshaminy Creek. In its short distance Watson Creek passes through two water gaps and abruptly changes direction at an elbow of capture. The […]
The Delaware River flows in a south and southeast direction to Bulls Island and then turns to flow in an east-northeast direction for approximately one mile to Hendrick Island before turning to again flow in a southeast and south direction. Delaware River tributaries from the northeast are aligned in a southwest direction while tributaries from […]
The Paunnacussing Creek-Pine Run Through Valley is located a short distance north and east of Doylestown and links northeast oriented Paunnacussing Creek drainage with southwest oriented Pine Run drainage. Paunnacussing Creek flows in a northeast direction to join the south oriented Delaware River as a barbed tributary. Pine Run flows in a southwest direction to […]
The Delaware River-North Branch Neshaminy Creek Plumstead Township through valley extends in a southwest direction from Point Pleasant along the Delaware River to southwest oriented North Branch Neshaminy Creek, which at Chalfont joins east and southeast oriented Neshaminy Creek as a barbed tributary. Geddes Creek and a tributary drain the through valley northeast end. Geddes […]
The Core Creek Elbow of Capture east of Newtown, PA poses an intriguing problem as Core Creek first flows in a southeast direction toward the nearby Delaware River and then abruptly turns to flow in a southwest direction to eventually join Neshaminy Creek. Further shallow west-southwest to east-northeast oriented through valleys link the southeast and […]
Newtown Creek (location 2, 4, and 5 in figure 1) is a relatively minor stream flowing in a southeast, east-northeast, and south direction near and through Newtown, PA to join southeast and south oriented Neshaminy Creek south of figure 1 (Neshaminy Creek flows in a southeast direction from location 1 to the figure 1 south […]
Aligned and barbed tributaries are commonly found along south and southeast oriented Delaware River valley segments marking the Pennsylvania and New Jersey border. One such region is the New Hope, PA and Lambertville, NJ region where the Delaware River flows in a southeast and south direction as seen in figure 1. Most tributaries from the […]
The Delaware River flows in a southeast direction to the Washington Crossing area and then gradually turns to flow in a south-southeast direction. As seen in figure 1 closely spaced and aligned southwest oriented tributaries enter the Delaware River from the New Jersey side (east). Also as seen in figure 1 many streams from the […]
A shallow (20-40 foot deep) through valley at location 1 (in figure 1) and shown in more detail in figure 2 (at end of text) links the south and south-southeast oriented Ironworks Creek valley head with a northeast oriented valley (Potter Run) draining through Northampton Country Club and Tyler State Park to southeast and south […]
The Neshaminy Creek drainage route just downstream from Neshaminy Falls exhibits an intriguing elbow of capture seen in figure 1 below. Neshaminy Creek flows in a south, southwest and south direction from location 1 to location 2 and then turns to flow in a northeast direction before turning again to flow in a southeast direction […]
The Neshaminy Creek drainage route north and west of Langhorne exhibits several intriguing elbows of capture. Figure 1 below shows Neshaminy Creek flowing in a southeast direction to Bridgetown (near map northeast corner) where it then makes a U-turn to flow in a west-southwest direction to Playwick Park (near map center). East-northeast oriented Mill Creek […]
The Mill Creek-Southampton Creek through valley (illustrated in figure 1) links south-southwest oriented Southampton Creek (location 2), which flows to Pennypack Creek (seen in the figure 1 southwest corner), with southeast and east-northeast oriented Mill Creek (location 3), which flows to Neshaminy Creek (located east of figure 1). The deepest notch (location 1) has a […]
The Somerton-Huntingdon Valley Through Valley is a shallow west-southwest to east-northeast oriented continuous valley linking the south oriented Poquessing Creek valley (east) with the south oriented Pennypack Creek valley (west). The through valley west-southwest end is drained by Huntingdon Valley Creek, which flows in a south and south-southwest direction before entering the valley. The through […]
Tacony Creek (known also as Tookany Creek further upstream and as Frankford Creek further downstream) flows in roughly a southeast direction from Elkins Park to between Cheltenham and Ashmead Village and then turns abruptly to flow in a southwest direction between Ashmead Village and Lawndale. This abrupt change of direction is here named the Cheltenham […]
The Schuylkill River Gorge, as defined here, extends in a southeast direction for about eight miles from Spring Mill (east of Consohocken) to the Roosevelt Avenue Bridge Elbow of Capture in the City of Philadelphia. While longer than the seven-mile long Wissahickon Creek Gorge the Schuylkill River Gorge is much wider and unlike the Wissahickon […]
The stream referred to in this discussion as Tacony Creek, is sometimes known as Tookany Creek in its upper reaches and as Frankford Creek as it approaches the Delaware River. This distinction probably had more significance in the past than it does today as urbanization has buried tributary creeks and otherwise altered the drainage basin. […]
Pennypack Creek as seen in figure 1 flows in a southeast direction from location 1 to location 2 with two noticeable northeast oriented turns and two noticeable southwest oriented segments. Tributaries from the east identified by locations 3, 4, 5, and 6 all flow in southwest directions to join south oriented Pennypack Creek segments at […]
The Schuylkill River flows in a south direction from Norristown to West Conshohocken where it turns to flow in an east-northeast direction to Spring Mill and then turns abruptly to flow in a southeast direction through the eight-mile long Schuylkill Gorge carved in erosion resistant metamorphic and igneous rocks. The gorge southeast end is in the […]
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