Swabia Creek Swope Creek, Swabian Creek, Swamp Run | |
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Etymology | "Swabia" derives from the birthplace of many of the area's early settlers. "Swope" is an anglicization of "Schwab" (a person from Swabia). |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Lehigh, Berks |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Primary (west) branch |
• location | Rittenhouse Gap |
• coordinates | 40°28′26″N 75°37′37″W / 40.4739852°N 75.6268548°W |
2nd source | East branch |
• location | Hensingersville Dam |
• coordinates | 40°29′16″N 75°34′56″W / 40.487766°N 75.582127°W |
• elevation | 843 ft (257 m) |
3rd source | Headwater of Mountain Creek |
• location | Upper Milford Township, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°29′39″N 75°33′46″W / 40.4942°N 75.5628°W |
Source confluence | West and east branches |
• location | Hensingersville, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°30′14″N 75°35′43″W / 40.5038°N 75.5953°W |
• elevation | 433 ft (132 m) |
Mouth | Little Lehigh Creek |
• location | Macungie, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°32′09″N 75°32′19″W / 40.53584°N 75.53867°W |
• elevation | 351 ft (107 m) |
Basin size | 12.37 sq mi (32.0 km2) |
Discharge | |
• location | Macungie, Pennsylvania |
Basin features | |
River system | Little Lehigh Creek |
Tributaries | |
• right | Mountain Creek, Indian Creek |
Swabia Creek is a tributary of Little Lehigh Creek in Berks and Lehigh Counties in the eastern Pennsylvania region of the Lehigh Valley.