While not usually described as gorges the Philadelphia area contains numerous narrow stream and river valleys which for all practical purposes should be called gorges. Most Philadelphia area gorges are 350 feet or less in depth and have been eroded into erosion resistant metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. Some Philadelphia area gorges now serve as major […]
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Valley Creek originates as a north oriented stream along the Chester Valley south wall and turns in an east-northeast direction to flow along the Chester Valley floor, but before reaching the southeast oriented Schuylkill River turns in a north direction to cross the Chester Valley north wall between Mount Joy and Mount Misery and to […]
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 […]
While there is no common point the Susquehanna, Delaware, and Schuylkill River drainage basins are very close to each other in the Honey Brook Basin, which is located between Welsh Mountain and the Baron Hills. Pequea Creek originates in the Honey Brook Basin and after flowing in a southeast direction turns to flow in a […]
The Honey Brook basin as defined here is located between Welsh Mountain and the Baron Hills and serves as the headwaters region for the East and West Branches of Brandywine Creek, the South Branch of French Creek, and Pequea Creek with Brandywine Creek flowing to the Delaware River, French Creek to the Schuylkill River, and […]
The Chester Valley between Coatesville and Dowingtown is an east-northeast oriented through valley linking south oriented West Branch Brandywine Creek with south oriented East Branch Brandywine Creek. West Branch Brandywine Creek flows from the 500-600 foot high North Valley Hills (north of the Chester Valley) to enter and cross the less than 350-foot high Chester […]
West of the City of West Chester, Pennsylvania the East Branch Brandywine Creek flows in a south-southeast and southwest direction to join southeast, northeast, and southeast oriented West Branch Brandywine Creek and to form southeast oriented Brandywine Creek. Broad Run is a southeast, east, and south-southeast oriented West Branch Brandywine Creek tributary located between the […]
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