Big Beaver Creek

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Big Beaver Creek [1] is a 9.7-mile-long (15.6 km) [2] tributary of the Pequea Creek in western Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in the United States.

Tributary stream or river that flows into a main stem river or lake

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean.

Pequea Creek is a tributary of the Susquehanna River that runs for 49.2 miles (79.2 km) from the eastern border of Lancaster County and Berks County, Pennsylvania to the village of Pequea, about 5 miles (8 km) above the hydroelectric dam at Holtwood along the Susquehanna River in Lancaster County.

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania County in the United States

Lancaster County, sometimes nicknamed the Garden Spot of America or Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is a county located in the south central part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 519,445. Its county seat is Lancaster.

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The tributary South Fork meets near New Providence to form the main stem of Big Beaver Creek. [3]

New Providence, Pennsylvania Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, United States

New Providence is an unincorporated community and Village in Providence Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. New Providence is located at the intersection of Main Street and Pennsy Road southwest of the Big Beaver Creek and U.S. Route 222 and northwest of Quarryville.

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References

  1. GNIS Detail - Big Beaver Creek
  2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite , accessed August 8, 2011
  3. GNIS Detail - South Fork Big Beaver Creek

Coordinates: 39°56′52″N76°15′07″W / 39.9479°N 76.2519°W / 39.9479; -76.2519

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