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A wind gap (or air gap) [1] is a gap through which a waterway once flowed that is now dry as a result of stream capture. [2] A water gap is a similar feature, but one in which a waterway still flows. Water gaps and wind gaps often provide routes which, due to their gently inclined profile, are suitable for trails, roads, and railroads through ...
Wind Gap (Pennsylvania Dutch: Gratdaal) is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.The population of Wind Gap was 2,820 at the 2020 census. Wind Gap is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
A gap is a geological formation that is a low point or opening between hills or mountains or in a ridge or mountain range. It may be called a col, notch, pass, saddle, water gap, or wind gap. Geomorphologically, a gap is most often carved by water erosion from a freshet, stream or a river. [1]
Windgap has six land borders with the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of Esplen to the northeast, Chartiers City to the east, Sheraden and Crafton Heights to the southeast, the borough of Ingram to the south and the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Fairywood from the south to the west.
Ventifact – Rock that has been eroded by wind-driven sand or ice crystals; Volcanic arc – Chain of volcanoes formed above a subducting plate; Volcanic cone – Landform of ejecta from a volcanic vent piled up in a conical shape; Volcanic crater – Roughly circular depression in the ground caused by volcanic activity
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This long ridge is broken by several narrow and dramatic gaps, known as wind and water gaps, including Culver's Gap in New Jersey, the Delaware Water Gap, where the Delaware River passes into the Lehigh Valley along the border between New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and many gaps in Pennsylvania, including the Pennsylvania Wind Gap, the Lehigh ...
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