Broad Mountain (Pennsylvania)
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USGS relief: The "Barrier Wall" of Broad Mountain (center Landform) and the Terrains it dominates west of the Lehigh Gorge and north of Tamaqua, Nesquehoning and Jim Thorpe, PA
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| Length | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). east-west |
| Geography | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| Borders on | Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, Nesquehoning Creek and Upper Lehigh River at lower Lehigh Gorge |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Silurian?? |
| Type of rock | Tuscarora Formation?? and Shawangunk Formation; sedimentary |
Broad Mountain or Broad Ridge in Carbon County Pennsylvania|Eastern Pennsylvania is a steep faced, anthracite bearing barrier ridge just south and west of the Poconos. Oriented East-West and flanked in its south by Nesquehoning Creek the ridgeline extends 14 miles (23 km)[2] from the right bank of the Lehigh Gorge to the left bank of the Little Schuylkill River near the railroad junctions at Hometown, PA and Delano, PA.
See also
References
- [ USGS GNIS System Broad Mountain Pennsylvania]
Footnotes
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Approximate, parallel and similar distance as Jim Thorpe to Tamaqua cited in Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
External links
- TBDL
