| Conewago Creek | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Conewago_Creek_Bend_(51145370622).jpg) Aerial view of Conewago Creek in York County | |
| Location | |
| Country | Carroll County, Maryland and Adams and York Counties, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Franklin Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania |
| • elevation | 1,440 feet (440 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Susquehanna River at York Haven, Pennsylvania |
• elevation | 259 feet (79 m) |
| Length | 80 miles (130 km) |
| Basin size | 515 square miles (1,330 km2) |
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Conewago Creek is an 80.2-mile-long (129.1 km)[1] tributary of the Susquehanna River in Adams and York counties in Pennsylvania in the United States, with its watershed also draining a small portion of Carroll County, Maryland. The source is at an elevation of 1,440 feet (440 m), east of Caledonia State Park, in Franklin Township in Adams County. The mouth is the confluence with the Susquehanna River at York Haven in York County at an elevation of 259 feet (79 m).[2]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed August 8, 2011
- ^ Shaw, Lewis C. Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams Part II (Water Resources Bulletin No. 16). Prepared in Cooperation with the United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey (1st ed.). Harrisburg, PA: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental Resources. OCLC 17150333.