Lehigh River

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The Lehigh River is a major river in eastern Pennsylvania known for its scenic gorge, whitewater recreation, and historical role in the region’s coal and industrial transport.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Lehigh River canonical 63
Lehigh River valley 3
Lehigh River basin 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
associatedWith Lehigh Canal ⓘ
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
crosses Lehigh Gorge State Park ⓘ
drainageBasinArea approximately 1,360 square miles ⓘ
approximately 3,520 square kilometers ⓘ
flowsInto Delaware River ⓘ
flowsThrough Lehigh Gorge ⓘ
Lehigh Valley metropolitan area ⓘ
hasBridge Northampton Street Bridge vicinity (Easton area) ⓘ
hasTributary Black Creek ⓘ
Jordan Creek ⓘ
Little Lehigh Creek ⓘ
Pohopoco Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tobyhanna Creek ⓘ
hasValley Lehigh Valley ⓘ
historicalUse navigation via canals ⓘ
transport of anthracite coal ⓘ
knownFor historical role in coal transport ⓘ
historical role in industrial transport ⓘ
scenic gorge ⓘ
whitewater recreation ⓘ
length approximately 109 miles ⓘ
approximately 175 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Pennsylvania ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Lehigh Gorge State Park ⓘ
locatedInRegion eastern Pennsylvania ⓘ
mouthOfWaterBody Delaware River ⓘ
partOf Delaware River watershed ⓘ
passesNear Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania ⓘ
passesThrough Allentown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Carbon County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Northampton County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
recreationActivity fishing ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ
whitewater rafting ⓘ
sourceLocation Luzerne County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Luzerne County

Pocono Mountains ⓘ
Wayne County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
usedFor hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
industrial water supply ⓘ
recreation ⓘ

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Referenced by (70)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Delaware River → tributary → Lehigh River ⓘ
Lehigh Valley Railroad → operatedInValley → Lehigh River valley ⓘ
linked to: Lehigh River
Easton, Pennsylvania → locatedOn → Lehigh River ⓘ
Allentown, Pennsylvania → river → Lehigh River ⓘ
Lehigh Valley region → namedAfter → Lehigh River ⓘ
Lehigh Valley region → traversedBy → Lehigh River ⓘ
Northeastern Pennsylvania → contains → Lehigh River ⓘ
Eastern Pennsylvania → traversedByRiver → Lehigh River ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Pennsylvania
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania → locatedOn → Lehigh River ⓘ
Allentown → locatedOnRiver → Lehigh River ⓘ
Carbon County → traversedBy → Lehigh River ⓘ
Northampton County → crossedByRiver → Lehigh River ⓘ
Center Valley, Pennsylvania → drainageBasin → Lehigh River basin ⓘ
linked to: Lehigh River
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania → locatedOn → Lehigh River ⓘ
subject linked to: Bethlehem
Pennsylvania Route 145 → crosses → Lehigh River ⓘ
Lehigh Gorge State Park → follows → Lehigh River ⓘ
Lehigh Gorge State Park → watercourse → Lehigh River ⓘ
Lehigh Canal → follows → Lehigh River ⓘ
Lehigh Canal → watercourse → Lehigh River ⓘ
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company → geographicFocus → Lehigh River corridor ⓘ
linked to: Lehigh River
Jordan Creek → tributaryOf → Lehigh River ⓘ
Jordan Creek → riverSystem → Lehigh River ⓘ
Jordan Creek → mouth → Lehigh River ⓘ
Jordan Creek → partOf → Lehigh River basin ⓘ
linked to: Lehigh River
Tobyhanna Creek → tributaryOf → Lehigh River ⓘ
Tobyhanna Creek → hasMouthIn → Lehigh River ⓘ
Tobyhanna Creek → partOf → Lehigh River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Lehigh River
Little Lehigh Creek → tributaryOf → Lehigh River ⓘ
Black Creek (Lehigh River tributary) → tributaryOf → Lehigh River ⓘ
subject linked to: Black Creek
Black Creek (Lehigh River tributary) → mouth → Lehigh River ⓘ
subject linked to: Black Creek
Slatington, Pennsylvania → locatedOn → Lehigh River ⓘ
Coplay, Pennsylvania → locatedOnRiver → Lehigh River ⓘ