Schuylkill River and Delaware River

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The Schuylkill River and Delaware River are the two major waterways that border central Philadelphia, shaping the city’s geography, history, and development.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Schuylkill River and Delaware River canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
river ⓘ
associatedWith Delaware River Port ⓘ
Schuylkill Expressway (Interstate 76) ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
borders central Philadelphia ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crossedBy Benjamin Franklin Bridge ⓘ
Benjamin Franklin Parkway bridges ⓘ
South Street Bridge ⓘ
Walt Whitman Bridge ⓘ
drainageBasin Delaware River watershed ⓘ
emptiesInto Delaware Bay ⓘ
flowsThrough Philadelphia ⓘ
formsBorderBetween New Jersey and Delaware ⓘ
Pennsylvania and Delaware ⓘ
Pennsylvania and New Jersey ⓘ
hasWaterfrontArea Penn's Landing in Philadelphia ⓘ
linked to: Penn's Landing

Schuylkill Banks in Philadelphia ⓘ
linked to: Schuylkill Banks
historicallyUsedFor industrial development ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
trade ⓘ
transportation ⓘ
influenced Philadelphia urban development ⓘ
length approximately 135 miles ⓘ
approximately 301 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Delaware ⓘ
New Jersey ⓘ
New York ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
mouth Delaware River ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Philadelphia ⓘ
partOf Delaware River watershed ⓘ
passesThrough Pottstown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Trenton, New Jersey ⓘ
Wilmington, Delaware ⓘ
region Mid-Atlantic United States ⓘ
linked to: Mid-Atlantic states
sourceLocation Catskill Mountains, New York ⓘ
linked to: Catskill Mountains

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
tributaryOf Delaware River ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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

Market Street (Philadelphia) → isKeyAxisBetween → Schuylkill River and Delaware River ⓘ