Watering Run

Watering Run
Watering Run looking upstream in its middle reaches
Map
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationjust northwest of the community of Rita in Wright Township, Pennsylvania
 • elevationbetween 1,520 and 1,540 feet (460 and 470 m)
Mouth 
 • location
Big Wapwallopen Creek on the border between Wright Township, Pennsylvania and Rice Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates
41°06′56″N 75°57′27″W / 41.1156°N 75.9576°W / 41.1156; -75.9576
 • elevation
1,076 ft (328 m)
Length4.2 mi (6.8 km)
Discharge 
 • average480 cu ft/s (14 m3/s) peak annual discharge at mouth (10% probability)
Basin features
ProgressionBig Wapwallopen Creek → Susquehanna RiverChesapeake Bay
Tributaries 
 • righttwo unnamed tributaries

Watering Run is a tributary of Big Wapwallopen Creek in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 4.2 miles (6.8 km) long and flows through Wright Township.[1] The watershed of the stream has an area of 3.87 square miles (10.0 km2). Soils in the vicinity of the stream include Morris Silt Loam, Braceville and Chenango Gravelly Loams, Oquaga and Lordstown Silt Loams, and Rexford Loam. The stream is designated as a Coldwater Fishery. It flooded in 1972.

  1. ^ United States Geological Survey, The National Map Viewer, retrieved January 15, 2015

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