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| | AllRefer.com - Susquehanna, New York (NY) - (river) - Facts and Information |
 | | Susquehanna, river, 444 mi/715 km long; rising in Otsego L., central N.Y., and winding SE and SW through E central Pa. to Chesapeake Bay near Havre de Grace, Md. The bay is the drowned lower course of the river that has resulted from a post-Pleistocene rise in sea level. |
 | | The West Branch (c.160 mi/257 km), which rises in the Allegheny Mts., W Pa., and follows a circuitous course E to Sunbury, Pa., is the river's chief tributary in Pa. The Susquehanna R. traverses an anthracite coal region, which in the 19th cent. |
 | | Several hydroelectric power plants are located on the Susquehanna; the Conowingo plant (Md.) is one of the largest non-Federal power stations in the nation. |
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