Lackawanna River

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The Lackawanna River is a northeastern Pennsylvania waterway that flows through the Scranton area and is known for its historical role in the region’s coal and industrial development.

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Label Occurrences
Lackawanna River canonical 15

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
associatedWith Lackawanna Railroad ⓘ
anthracite coal mining ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
cityOnRiver Carbondale, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Scranton, Pennsylvania ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
drainageBasin Susquehanna River drainage basin ⓘ
linked to: Susquehanna River
ecosystemType freshwater river ⓘ
environmentalIssue historic pollution from coal mining ⓘ
industrial pollution ⓘ
flowsDirection generally southwest ⓘ
flowsThrough Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Lackawanna County

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Luzerne County

Scranton, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Susquehanna County
hasFeature former coal mine discharges ⓘ
urban river sections in Scranton ⓘ
hasOrganization Lackawanna River Conservation Association ⓘ
hasRestorationEffort riverfront greenway development ⓘ
water quality improvement projects ⓘ
hasWatershed Lackawanna River watershed ⓘ
historicalUse industrial water supply ⓘ
transportation corridor for coal ⓘ
importance historical economic importance to Scranton region ⓘ
regional environmental resource ⓘ
knownFor role in anthracite coal industry ⓘ
role in industrial development of Scranton region ⓘ
locatedIn Lackawanna River Valley ⓘ
Northeastern Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
mouthOf Susquehanna River ⓘ
namedAfter Lackawanna Valley ⓘ
partOf Lackawanna Valley ⓘ
passesNear Carbondale, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Dickson City, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Dickson City

Old Forge, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Olyphant, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pittston, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Pittston
recreation canoeing ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ
region Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
riverSystem Susquehanna River basin ⓘ
linked to: Susquehanna River
subjectOf Lackawanna River Conservation Plan ⓘ
tributaryOf Susquehanna River ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

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

Susquehanna River → majorTributary → Lackawanna River ⓘ
Scranton, Pennsylvania → locatedOnRiver → Lackawanna River ⓘ
Carbondale, Pennsylvania → river → Lackawanna River ⓘ
Lackawanna River valley → traversedBy → Lackawanna River ⓘ
Northeastern Pennsylvania → contains → Lackawanna River ⓘ
Lackawanna County → namedAfter → Lackawanna River ⓘ
Lackawanna, New York → namedAfter → Lackawanna River ⓘ
Scranton → river → Lackawanna River ⓘ
Lackawanna State Park → isNamedAfter → Lackawanna River ⓘ
Pennsylvania river system → includes → Lackawanna River ⓘ
City of Scranton → river → Lackawanna River ⓘ
Lackawanna River watershed → drainsInto → Lackawanna River ⓘ
Lackawanna River watershed → hasMajorRiver → Lackawanna River ⓘ
Moosic, Pennsylvania → locatedOnRiver → Lackawanna River ⓘ
Olyphant, Pennsylvania → hasNearbyWaterBody → Lackawanna River ⓘ