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The Delaware River's drainage basin has an area of 13,539 square miles (35,070 km 2) ... Canoeing on the river at Hawk's Nest (Orange County, New York)
"The Gap" as seen from the Delaware River Viaduct. The namesake feature of the recreation area is the prominent Delaware Water Gap, located at the area's southern end.The Delaware River runs through the gap, separating Pennsylvania's Mount Minsi on Blue Mountain, elevation 1,461 feet (445 m), from New Jersey's Mount Tammany on Kittatinny Mountain, elevation 1,527 feet (465 m).
Two important local industries with conflicting needs brought about construction of Roebling's Delaware and Lackawaxen Aqueducts: canal traffic and timber rafting. Since the mid-18th century, timber from the Delaware valley had been floated down the river to shipyards and industries in Trenton and Philadelphia. The D&H Canal's rope ferry ...
Pond Eddy is situated along the Delaware River, which is a vital ecological and recreational resource for the community. The hamlet is connected to its Pennsylvania counterpart, Pond Eddy, Pennsylvania, by the historic Pond Eddy Bridge, a steel-truss bridge completed in 1904.
Water discharged from the Lake Wallenpaupack hydroelectric facility enters the river downstream from Hawley. The river continues east and joins the Delaware at Lackawaxen. East of Honesdale, it was deepened as part of the Delaware and Hudson Canal project. The river is a popular destination for canoeing and recreational fly fishing for trout.
3.1 Delaware River and Delaware Bay. 3.2 Atlantic coast bays. 3.3 Chesapeake Bay. 4 See also. 5 References. Toggle the table of contents. List of rivers of Delaware ...
The Lehigh River (/ ˈ l iː h aɪ /) is a 109-mile-long (175 km) [1] tributary of the Delaware River in eastern Pennsylvania.The river flows in a generally southward pattern from the Pocono Mountains in Northeastern Pennsylvania through Allentown and much of the Lehigh Valley before joining the Delaware River in Easton.
The Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River is a unit of the National Park Service designated under the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.It stretches along 73.4 miles (118.1 km) of the Delaware River between Hancock, New York, and Sparrowbush, New York.