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Big Wapwallopen Creek (also known as Wapwallopen Creek or Big Wap) is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 23 miles (37 km) long and flows through Bear Creek Township, Fairview Township, Rice Township, Wright Township, Dorrance Township, Hollenback Township, Nescopeck Township, and Conyngham Township. The watershed of the creek has an area of 53.2 square miles (138 km2). The creek has three named tributaries: Balliet Run, Watering Run, and Bow Creek. The creek is designated as a Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery and is also Class A Wild Trout Waters for part of its length. However, a portion is considered to be impaired by organic enrichment and/or low levels of dissolved oxygen and its pH ranges from modera

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  • Big Wapwallopen Creek (also known as Wapwallopen Creek or Big Wap) is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 23 miles (37 km) long and flows through Bear Creek Township, Fairview Township, Rice Township, Wright Township, Dorrance Township, Hollenback Township, Nescopeck Township, and Conyngham Township. The watershed of the creek has an area of 53.2 square miles (138 km2). The creek has three named tributaries: Balliet Run, Watering Run, and Bow Creek. The creek is designated as a Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery and is also Class A Wild Trout Waters for part of its length. However, a portion is considered to be impaired by organic enrichment and/or low levels of dissolved oxygen and its pH ranges from moderately acidic to slightly alkaline. Big Wapwallopen Creek has three large waterfalls, all of which are more than 25 feet (7.6 m) high. The creek flows through the Wapwallopen Gorge in its lower reaches, where it descends 210 feet (64 m). It mainly flows through rock formations consisting of sandstone and shale. The creek has existed for several million years, but the portion of its course that flows through the Wapwallopen Gorge is less than 20,000 years old. The creek's watershed is mainly rural and most of it is forested. It is the main source of flooding in six townships. Wapwallopen Creek is named after a Native American village that historically existed on the creek. The Delaware tribe inhabited the area by 1675 and the Shawnee tribe also historically inhabited the area. Numerous mills were built on the creek in the 1700s and 1800s, including two powder mills in the Wapwallopen Gorge. The second powder mill was built in 1859 by E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company and was one of the largest powder mills in the United States at the time. That powder mill operated until 1912. Numerous bridges were built across the creek in the 1900s. The Wapwallopen Gorge is listed on the Luzerne County Natural Areas Inventory. It is possible to canoe on 10.3 miles (16.6 km) of the creek, but there are some unrunnable points. (en)
  • Der Big Wapwallopen Creek ist ein kleiner Fluss im Luzerne County des US-Bundesstaats Pennsylvania. Er fließt 37 Kilometer und mündet in den Susquehanna River. Benannt wurde der Fluss nach einem ehemaligen Dorf des Delawarenstamms, welches an dem Fluss lag. Der auch Big Wap genannte Fluss zeichnet sich durch seine drei großen Wasserfälle aus, die eine Höhe von bis zu 7,6 Metern erreichen können. Die Quelle liegt im Crystal Lake des Bear Creek Townships. (de)
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  • Big Wapwallopen Creek in Hollenback Township in June 2015 (en)
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  • Susquehanna River on the border between Conyngham Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania and Nescopeck Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (en)
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  • Big Wapwallopen Creek (en)
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  • nearby Native American village (en)
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  • Wapwallopen Creek, Big Wap (en)
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  • Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay (en)
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  • Crystal Lake in Bear Creek Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (en)
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  • Der Big Wapwallopen Creek ist ein kleiner Fluss im Luzerne County des US-Bundesstaats Pennsylvania. Er fließt 37 Kilometer und mündet in den Susquehanna River. Benannt wurde der Fluss nach einem ehemaligen Dorf des Delawarenstamms, welches an dem Fluss lag. Der auch Big Wap genannte Fluss zeichnet sich durch seine drei großen Wasserfälle aus, die eine Höhe von bis zu 7,6 Metern erreichen können. Die Quelle liegt im Crystal Lake des Bear Creek Townships. (de)
  • Big Wapwallopen Creek (also known as Wapwallopen Creek or Big Wap) is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 23 miles (37 km) long and flows through Bear Creek Township, Fairview Township, Rice Township, Wright Township, Dorrance Township, Hollenback Township, Nescopeck Township, and Conyngham Township. The watershed of the creek has an area of 53.2 square miles (138 km2). The creek has three named tributaries: Balliet Run, Watering Run, and Bow Creek. The creek is designated as a Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery and is also Class A Wild Trout Waters for part of its length. However, a portion is considered to be impaired by organic enrichment and/or low levels of dissolved oxygen and its pH ranges from modera (en)
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  • Big Wapwallopen Creek (en)
  • Big Wapwallopen Creek (de)
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  • Big Wapwallopen Creek (en)
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