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The Lehigh River is a 109-mile-long (175 km) 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.
- Lehigh Valley
The Lehigh Valley (/ ˈ l iː h aɪ /) is a geographic and...
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The Lehigh Canal is a navigable canal that begins at the...
- Lehigh Valley
The Lehigh Valley is named for the Lehigh River, a tributary of the Delaware River. The 109-mile river made possible the settlement of the region. ( Library of Congress) The Minsi Trail pathway linked elements of the Lenni Lenape tribe of Native Americans living in the Delaware, Lehigh, and Lackawanna river valleys.
The Lehigh River is a 109-mile-long (175 km) 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.
It takes about 24 hours for a drop of Lehigh River water to travel the 103 miles of its length. The Lehigh River serves as a geopolitical boundary between most of the Pennsylvania counties that it travels through, including Wayne, Lackawanna, Monroe, Luzerne, Carbon, Lehigh, and Northampton.
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Article History. Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. Jim Thorpe, borough (town), seat of Carbon county, eastern Pennsylvania, U.S., on the Lehigh River, in a valley of the Pocono Mountains, 22 miles (35 km) northwest of Allentown.
