Lehigh River

Geobox River
name = Lehigh River
native_name =
other_name =
other_name1 =

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image_size = 300
image_caption = Lehigh River near Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
country = United States
country1 =
state = Pennsylvania
state1 =
region_type = Counties
region = Wayne
region1 = Lackawanna
region2 = Monroe
region3 = Luzerne
region4 = Carbon
region5 = Lehigh
region6 = Northampton
district =
district1 =
city = Lehighton
city1 = Allentown
city2 = Bethlehem
city3 = Easton
length_imperial = 103
watershed_imperial = 1345
discharge_location = Glendon
discharge_average_imperial = 3740
discharge_max_imperial = 11700
discharge_min_imperial = 1160
discharge1_location = Stoddartsville
discharge1_average_imperial = 280
source_name = Pocono Peak Lake
source_location = Lehigh Township
source_district =
source_region = Wayne County
source_state = Pennsylvania
source_country = USA
source_lat_d = 41
source_lat_m = 16
source_lat_s = 42
source_lat_NS = N
source_long_d = 75
source_long_m = 24
source_long_s = 22
source_long_EW = W
source_elevation_imperial = 2056
source_length_imperial =
mouth_name = Delaware River
mouth_location = Easton
mouth_district =
mouth_region = Northampton County
mouth_state = Pennsylvania
mouth_country = USA
mouth_lat_d = 40
mouth_lat_m = 41
mouth_lat_s = 20
mouth_lat_NS = N
mouth_long_d = 75
mouth_long_m = 12
mouth_long_s = 17
mouth_long_EW = W
mouth_elevation_imperial = 160
tributary_left = Tobyhanna Creek
tributary_left1 = Pohopoco Creek
tributary_left2 = Aquashicola Creek
tributary_left3 = Hokendauqua Creek
tributary_left4 = Monocacy Creek
tributary_right = North Bear Creek
tributary_right1 = Nesquehoning Creek
tributary_right2 = Mauch Chuck Creek
tributary_right3 = Mahoning Creek
tributary_right4 = Lizard Creek
tributary_right5 = Jordan Creek
tributary_right6 = Saucon Creek
free_name =
free_value =


map_size = 300
map_caption = Lehigh River watershed The Lehigh River, a tributary of the Delaware River, is a 103 mile (166 km) long river located in eastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. Part of the Lehigh, along with a number of its tributaries, is designated a Pennsylvania Scenic River by the state's Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. "Lehigh" is an Anglicization of the Lenni Lenape name for the river, "Lechewuekink," meaning "where there are forks."

The river flows in a highly winding course through valleys between ridges of the Appalachian Mountains. Its upper course is characterized by numerous whitewater rapids and supports a broad range of recreational pursuits including whitewater rafting, kayaking and canoeing. Its lower course forms the heart of the Lehigh Valley, an historically important anthracite coal and steel-producing region of Pennsylvania.

The river rises in the Pocono Mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania, in several ponds in southwestern Wayne County, approximately 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Scranton. It flows initially southwest, through southern Lackawanna County, through Francis E. Walter Reservoir. Near White Haven, Middleburg, it turns south, following a zigzag whitewater course through Lehigh Gorge State Park to Jim Thorpe, then southeast, past Lehighton. Southeast of Lehighton, it passes through Blue Mountain in a narrow opening called the Lehigh Gap.

From the Lehigh Gap, the river flows southeast to Allentown, where it is joined by the Little Lehigh Creek, then northeast past Bethlehem, where it joins the Delaware River in Easton, along Pennsylvania's border with New Jersey.

ee also

*Lehigh Canal
*List of Pennsylvania rivers
*Pennsylvania Real Time River Flows from the USGS [http://waterdata.usgs.gov/pa/nwis/rt]
*Rafting

External links

* [http://waterdata.usgs.gov/pa/nwis/current/?type=flow U.S. Geological Survey: PA stream gauging stations]
* [http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?01447800 Water Flow at Francis E Walter Reservoir outlet]
* [https://host10.webserver1010.com/wildlandspa/Rivers/lr_cp_main.htm Lehigh River Watershed Conservation Management Plan]
* [http://www.enter.net/~lvcc/river.html Lehigh River and Canal at Jim Thorpe] .
* [http://www.riversflyfishing.com/leh.php Lehigh River Fly Fishing Adventures] .
* [http://www.wildlandspa.org/calendar/sojourn.html Lehigh River Sojourn] .
* [http://www.lrsa.org/lrwa.html Lehigh River Watershed Association] .
* [http://wildlandspa.org/lrwt/introduction.html Lehigh River Water Trail] .
* [http://www.balajthy.com/lehigh.html Lehigh River Whitewater] .
* [http://www.extremeadventuretravel.com/adventures Lehigh River Whitewater Rafting] .
* [http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/brc/rivers/scenicrivers/lehighhome.htm Lehigh River Scenic River Corridor] .

References