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  2. List of rivers of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Schuylkill River. Shed Brook (In Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park .) Mingo Creek (Tidal stream, formerly flowed into Eastwick, Philadelphia. Now converted to a surge basin.) Mill Creek (Philadelphia) Wissahickon Creek. Paper Mill Run. Cresheim Creek. Sandy Run.

  3. Romani people - Wikipedia

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    The Romani, also spelled Romany or Rromani ( / ˈroʊməni / ROH-mə-nee or / ˈrɒməni / ROM-ə-nee) and colloquially known as the Roma ( sg.: Rom ), are an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin [71] [72] [73] who traditionally lived a nomadic, itinerant lifestyle. Linguistic and genetic evidence suggests that the Romani originated in the Indian ...

  4. Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct - Wikipedia

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    Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct, also known as the Roebling Bridge, is the oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States. [1] It runs 535 feet (163 meters) over the Delaware River, from Minisink Ford, New York, to Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania. Opened in 1849 as an aqueduct connecting two parts of the Delaware & Hudson Canal (D&H), it has ...

  5. Schuylkill River - Wikipedia

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    The Schuylkill River ( / ˈskuːlkɪl / SKOOL-kil, [1] locally / ˈskuːkəl / SKOO-kəl) [2] is a river in eastern Pennsylvania. It flows for 135 miles (217 km) [3] from Pottsville southeast to Philadelphia, where it joins the Delaware River as one of its largest tributaries. The river's watershed of about 2,000 sq mi (5,180 km 2) lies ...

  6. Albany, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Albany, Pennsylvania. /  40.39250°N 75.99444°W  / 40.39250; -75.99444. Albany is an unincorporated community in far northern Berks County, Pennsylvania. The village is located in central Albany Township, the northernmost and most sparsely populated of all the townships in Berks County.

  7. Conewango Creek - Wikipedia

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    Conewango Creek is a 71-mile-long (114 km) [3] tributary of the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania and western New York in the United States. [4] The creek's drainage covers much of southeastern Chautauqua County, New York, and western Cattaraugus County, New York. The creek's most notable tributary is the Chadakoin River, which supplies the creek ...

  8. Indian Creek (Youghiogheny River tributary) - Wikipedia

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    Indian Creek is a 31.0-mile-long (49.9 km) tributary of the Youghiogheny River in Fayette County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Indian Creek drains the west slope of Laurel Hill in the Laurel Highlands and cuts a steep side canyon into the Youghiogheny Gorge to join the Youghiogheny River between Ohiopyle and Connellsville. See also

  9. Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River - Wikipedia

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    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. It includes parts of Delaware County, Orange County, and Sullivan County in New ...