| Lackawaxen | |
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 Lackawaxen several miles above the Delaware
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| Country | USA |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| Region | Poconos |
| Counties | Wayne, Pike |
| Tributaries | |
| - right | Wallenpaupack Creek |
| Landmark | Prompton Lake |
| Primary source | West Branch Lackawaxen River |
| - location | Confluence above Belmont Lake, near Orson |
| - elevation | 1,840 ft (561 m) |
| - coordinates | 41°47′31″N 75°25′54″W / 41.79194°N 75.43167°W |
| Secondary source | Johnson Creek |
| - location | Mt. Pleasant Twp. |
| - elevation | 1,480 ft (451 m) |
| - coordinates | 41°44′45″N 75°23′1″W / 41.74583°N 75.38361°W |
| Source confluence | E of PA 170 |
| - location | Creamtown |
| - elevation | 1,250 ft (381 m) |
| - coordinates | 41°40′40″N 75°22′44″W / 41.67778°N 75.37889°W |
| Mouth | Delaware River |
| - location | Lackawaxen |
| - elevation | 580 ft (177 m) |
| - coordinates | 41°29′13″N 74°59′14″W / 41.48694°N 74.98722°W |
| Length | 25 mi (40 km) |
| Basin | 598 sq mi (1,549 km2) |
| Discharge | for Rowland |
| - average | 1,318 cu ft/s (37 m3/s) |
| - max | 13,208 cu ft/s (374 m3/s) |
| - min | 53 cu ft/s (2 m3/s) |
| Discharge elsewhere (average) | |
| - Honesdale | 394 cu ft/s (11 m3/s) |
 Map of Lackawaxen and Lackawanna watersheds
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| Discharge figures from "Water data for Lackawaxen River at Howland, 2008". United States Geological Survey. http://wdr.water.usgs.gov/wy2008/pdfs/01432110.2008.pdf. Retrieved November 20, 2009. and | |
The Lackawaxen River is a tributary of the Delaware River, approximately 25 mi (40 km) long, in northeastern Pennsylvania in the United States. The river flows through a largely rural area in the northern Pocono Mountains, draining an area of approximately 598 sq mi (1540 km²).
Its source is in western Wayne County, approximately 5 miles (8 km) northeast of Forest City, by the confluence of the West Branch and Johnson Creek.
The river is a popular destination for canoeing and recreational fly fishing for trout. It was reportedly where the American author Zane Grey first learned to fly fish.[1]
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West Branch Lackawaxen River
The West Branch, approximately 15 miles (24 km) long, rises in northern Wayne County near Orson and flows south, southeast. After its confluence with Johnson Creek, the main stream flows southeast through Prompton Lake reservoir, past Honesdale and Hawley, where it is joined from the southwest by Wallenpaupack Creek. It continues east and joins the Delaware at Lackawaxen. East of Honesdale, it was deepened as part of the Delaware and Hudson Canal project.
See also
References
External links
- Lackawaxen River Conservancy
- Pike County Conservation: Lackawaxen watershed
- Lackawaxen Aqueduct
- U.S. Geological Survey: PA stream gaging stations
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