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Conestoga River
The Conestoga River as seen from the inside of Hunsecker's Mill Covered Bridge in Lancaster County
Native nameKanneschtooge Rewwer (Pennsylvania German)
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationState Game Lands 52, Lancaster and Berks County, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates40°10′47″N 75°56′32″W / 40.17972°N 75.94222°W / 40.17972; -75.94222[1]
 • elevation800 ft (240 m)[2]
Mouth 
 • location
Susquehanna River, Safe Harbor, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates
39°55′31″N 76°23′3″W / 39.92528°N 76.38417°W / 39.92528; -76.38417
 • elevation
170 ft (52 m)[3]
Length61.6 miles (99.1 km)
Basin size491 square miles (1,270 km2)
Discharge 
 • average670 cubic feet per second (19 m3/s)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftGroff Creek, Mill Creek
 • rightMuddy Creek, Cocalico Creek, Lititz Run, Little Conestoga Creek

The Conestoga River (Pennsylvania German: Kanneschtooge Rewwer), also referred to as Conestoga Creek (Pennsylvania German: Kanneschtooge Grick), is a 61.6-mile-long (99.1 km)[4] tributary of the Susquehanna River flowing through the center of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.

  1. ^ Crable, Ad. "A journey to find the source of Lancaster County's Conestoga River". LancasterOnline. LNP. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  2. ^ United States Geological Survey (1999). Morgantown, PA (PDF) (Topographic map). 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series. Reston, VA: United States Geological Survey. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  3. ^ United States Geological Survey (1995). Safe Harbor, PA (PDF) (Topographic map). 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series. Reston, VA: United States Geological Survey. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, accessed August 8, 2011

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