Introduction: Gulph Creek is a Schuylkill River tributary located in the region where Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery Counties meet. Gulph Creek is only about six miles long from its head on the Schuylkill River-Delaware River drainage divide to its mouth where the creek flows into the Schuylkill River and drains an area of approximately six […]
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Two completely different Valley Creeks originate almost adjacent to each other in the South Valley Hills near Glenloch (between Malvern and Exton) and then flow parallel to each other in a north direction in deep narrow valleys down a steep slope onto the west-southwest to east-northeast oriented Chester Valley floor where the eastern Valley Creek […]
The Paoli-Thorndale Regional Rail Line is unique among the SEPTA Regional Rail Lines in that between Ardmore and Malvern it follows the Schuylkill-Delaware River drainage divide and further west crosses the Schuylkill-Delaware River divide along the Chester Valley south wall. The Paoli-Thorndale Regional Rail Line, which was originally the Pennsylvania Railroad main line and which […]
Overview: Along its 21-mile distance SEPTA’s Warminster Regional Rail line ascends from sea level to approximately 320 feet and crosses the Delaware-Schuylkill River drainage divide twice as it travels from the Tookany Creek drainage basin to the Wissahickon Creek drainage basin and then to the Pennypack Creek drainage basin. Along the way observant riders can […]
A shallow, but interesting through valley crosses the Schuylkill River-Delaware River drainage divide at the Main Line community of Strafford and links east oriented Gulph Creek, which flows to the Schuylkill River, with south oriented Darby Creek tributaries, with Darby Creek eventually reaching the Delaware River. The drainage divide elevation at the Strafford through valley […]
The town of Radnor is located Schuylkill River-Delaware River drainage divide between Gulph Creek, which flows to the Schuylkill River, and Ithan Creek, which flows to Darby Creek, which then flows to the Delaware River. The drainage divide elevation at the Radnor saddle location is between 410 and 420 feet while the drainage divide rises […]
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 […]
A well defined northeast-to-southwest oriented through valley links the northwest oriented Deer Run valley with the southwest oriented East Branch Perkiomen Creek valley. The Deer Run valley drains to southeast, east, and south oriented Tohickon Creek, which flows to the southeast oriented Delaware River and the East Branch Perkiomen Creek drains to south and southwest […]