Susquehanna
Pennsylvania's main river
Susquehanna is a river in the northeastern United States, flowing from New York through Pennsylvania and Maryland into Chesapeake Bay.
At about 444 miles, it's one of the longest rivers on the East Coast.
The name, from the Lenape people, appears in place names throughout the region: Susquehanna County, the Susquehanna Valley.
Northeastern founding colony state
- MarylandMid-Atlantic U.S. state
- New YorkNortheastern metropolis and state
- AppalachianEastern U.S. mountain region
- valleyLow ground between heights
piedmont · ridge · Cooperstown · Lancaster · York · Columbia · Binghamton · Wilkes-Barre
Mid-Atlantic tidal estuary
- tributaryStream entering larger river
- watershedDrainage area boundary
- flatsDwellings or low shoes
- currentDirected flow of charge
basin · rapids · shallows · Harrisburg · confluence · waterway · drainage · meander
Algonquian-speaking Eastern people
- IroquoisNative American confederacy
- AlgonquianNorth American language family
- longhouseElongated communal dwelling structure
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
native · confederation · Conestoga · settlement · archaeological · petroglyphs · arrowhead · ancestral
Banded Atlantic gamefish
- shadCoastal herring variety
- smallmouthNorth American black bass species
- catfishBarbeled freshwater bottom-feeder
- eelElongated scaleless fish
migration · spawning · wetland · heron · eagle · osprey · mussel · biodiversity
Pennsylvania
Northeastern founding colony state
- MarylandMid-Atlantic U.S. state
- New YorkNortheastern metropolis and state
- AppalachianEastern U.S. mountain region
valley · piedmont · ridge · Cooperstown · Lancaster · York · Columbia · Binghamton · Wilkes-Barre · Northumberland
Chesapeake
Mid-Atlantic tidal estuary
current · basin · rapids · shallows · Harrisburg · confluence · waterway · drainage · meander · riverbank
Lenape
Algonquian-speaking Eastern people
- IroquoisNative American confederacy
- AlgonquianNorth American language family
- longhouseElongated communal dwelling structure
tribe · native · confederation · Conestoga · settlement · archaeological · petroglyphs · arrowhead · ancestral · trading
striped bass
Banded Atlantic gamefish
- shadCoastal herring variety
- smallmouthNorth American black bass species
- catfishBarbeled freshwater bottom-feeder
eel · migration · spawning · wetland · heron · eagle · osprey · mussel · biodiversity · conservation
William Penn
Philadelphia's Quaker founder
rafting · anthracite · flood · Agnes · railroad · bridge · covered bridge · ferry · industry · commerce
- Indigenous NamesAlabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Chicago
- riversMississippi, Amazon, river, rivers, Nile
- U.S. WatersMississippi River, Missouri, Hudson River, Delaware River, Potomac River
- Chesapeake BayChesapeake Bay, blue crab, blue crabs, watermen, oyster
- Eastern RiversHudson, Delaware, Potomac, James, Connecticut
- Pennsylvania CollegesPenn State, Pitt, Drexel, Villanova, Temple