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The Susquehanna River is one of the oldest existing rivers in the world, being dated as 320–340 Myr, older than the mountain ridges through which it flows. [citation needed] These ridges resulted from the Alleghenian orogeny uplift events, when Africa (as part of Gondwana) slammed into the Northern part of Euramerica.
The Juniata River (/ ˌ dʒ uː n i ˈ æ t ə /) [1] is a tributary of the Susquehanna River, approximately 104 miles (167 km) long, [2] in central Pennsylvania.The river is considered scenic along much of its route, having a broad and shallow course passing through several mountain ridges and steeply lined water gaps.
The Delaware River in Philadelphia The Susquehanna River near Sunbury This is a list of streams and rivers in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania . By drainage basin
Paxton Creek is a 13.9-mile-long (22.4 km) [3] tributary of the Susquehanna River in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Paxton Creek flowing under U.S. Route 22 in Wildwood Park. The Paxton Creek watershed covers an area of 27.4 square miles (71 km 2) and joins the Susquehanna River at South Harrisburg, Harrisburg. [4]
Harrisburg's site along the Susquehanna River is thought to have been inhabited by Native Americans as early as 3000 BC. Known to the Native Americans as "Peixtin", or "Paxtang", the area was an important resting place and crossroads for Native American traders with trails leading from the Delaware to the Ohio rivers and from the Potomac to the Upper Susquehanna intersecting there.
Along most of its course it meanders past mountain ridges and through water gaps, forming a large zigzag arc through central Pennsylvania around the north end of the Allegheny Mountains. In colonial times, the river valley provided an important route to the Ohio River valley. In the 19th century, its lower valley became a significant industrial ...
Swatara Creek (nicknamed the Swatty) is a 72-mile-long (116 km) [1] tributary of the Susquehanna River in east-central Pennsylvania in the United States.It rises in the Appalachian Mountains in central Schuylkill County and passes through northwest Lebanon County before draining into the Susquehanna at Middletown in Dauphin County.
The Susquehanna Watershed incorporates all the valley sidewalls within the Susquehanna Valley, including large areas of the southern tier counties of lower New York state, the majority of central Pennsylvania's Susquehanna Gap above and past Lancaster and York County into upper Maryland, where it meets the headwaters of the Chesapeake Bay above Aberdeen, Maryland.