Brandywine Creek is a 3 miles (4.8 km) tributary

Tributary

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 of Quittapahilla Creek

Quittapahilla Creek

Quittapahilla Creek is a tributary of Swatara Creek in south-central Pennsylvania in the United States. The original Algonquian name for this waterway is Cuewe-Pehelle, which in English translates to "a stream that flows from the ground among the pines."Quittapahilla Creek rises in eastern...

 in Lebanon County

Lebanon County, Pennsylvania

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, Pennsylvania

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 in the United States

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It rises in northeastern Lebanon County and flows southwest through Lebanon

Lebanon, Pennsylvania

Lebanon, formerly known as Steitztown, is a city in and the county seat of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 25,477 at the 2010 census, a 4.2% increase from the 2000 count of 24,461...

, through the limestone

Limestone

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 hill country south of the Appalachian Mountains

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. It joins Quittapahilla Creek west of the center of Lebanon.

Stovers Dam

Stovers Dam 40°21′13"N 76°24′38"W and Recreation Area is the principal landmark along Brandywine Creek.