Kitchen Creek (Pennsylvania)
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Kitchen Creek is a 10.6 miles (17.1 km) tributary
of Huntington Creek in Fairmount and Huntington
townships in Luzerne County
in the U.S. state
of Pennsylvania
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It is best known as the main stream flowing through Ricketts Glen State Park
and has 24 named waterfalls
within the park. Kitchen Creek is in the larger Fishing Creek
watershed, and is part of the drainage basin
of the Susquehanna River
.
Tributary
A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...
of Huntington Creek in Fairmount and Huntington
Huntington Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Huntington Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,104 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census of...
townships in Luzerne County
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
- Demographics :As of the 2010 census, the county was 90.7% White, 3.4% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.0% Asian, 3.3% were of some other race, and 1.5% were two or more races. 6.7% of the population was of Hispanic or Latino ancestry...
in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
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It is best known as the main stream flowing through Ricketts Glen State Park
Ricketts Glen State Park
Ricketts Glen State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on in Columbia, Luzerne, and Sullivan counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. Ricketts Glen is a National Natural Landmark known for its old-growth forest and 24 named waterfalls along Kitchen Creek, which flows down the Allegheny...
and has 24 named waterfalls
Waterfalls in Ricketts Glen State Park
File:Ricketts Glen State Park Waterfalls Base Map Labels.png|alt=A map showing Kitchen Creek flowing southeast from Ganoga Lake, through Lake Jean, and then through the dry bed of Lake Rose into Ganoga Glen with ten waterfalls. A second branch of the creek flows south through the dry bed of Lake...
within the park. Kitchen Creek is in the larger Fishing Creek
Fishing Creek (North Branch Susquehanna River)
Fishing Creek is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.Fishing Creek joins the Susquehanna River near the village of Rupert, just southwest of the town of Bloomsburg.-Tributaries:travelling upstream...
watershed, and is part of the drainage basin
Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...
of the Susquehanna River
Susquehanna River
The Susquehanna River is a river located in the northeastern United States. At long, it is the longest river on the American east coast that drains into the Atlantic Ocean, and with its watershed it is the 16th largest river in the United States, and the longest river in the continental United...
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