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Catawissa Creek (colloquially known as The Cat) is a 41.8-mile-long (67.3 km) tributary of the Susquehanna River in east-central Pennsylvania in the United States. Its watershed has an area of 153 square miles (400 km2). The waters of Catawissa Creek are highly acidic, with a pH of 4.5, due to runoff from an abandoned mine in the creek's watershed. Catawissa Creek is smaller than the nearby Fishing Creek due to a lack of major tributaries.

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  • Catawissa Creek (colloquially known as The Cat) is a 41.8-mile-long (67.3 km) tributary of the Susquehanna River in east-central Pennsylvania in the United States. Its watershed has an area of 153 square miles (400 km2). The waters of Catawissa Creek are highly acidic, with a pH of 4.5, due to runoff from an abandoned mine in the creek's watershed. Catawissa Creek is smaller than the nearby Fishing Creek due to a lack of major tributaries. Catawissa Creek starts in Luzerne County, not far from Hazleton. It flows west and slightly south into Schuylkill County before flowing north into Columbia County and then west to the Susquehanna River, which it flows into at Catawissa. It parallels Catawissa Mountain for a significant portion of its course. The surface rock in Catawissa Creek largely consists of sedimentary rock, such as sandstone and shale. However, there is also coal in the watershed. Major soils in the creek's watershed include the Leck Kill soil and the . Most of the steeper hills in the watershed are situated near the headwaters of the creek. Coal mining was once a major industry in the Catawissa Creek watershed, but this is no longer the case. Major tributaries of Catawissa Creek include Little Catawissa Creek and Tomhicken Creek. The president of the Catawissa Creek Watershed Restoration Association, Ed Wytovich, called Catawissa Creek "probably the most beautiful screwed-up stream east of the Mississippi". (en)
  • La Catawissa Creek est une rivière des États-Unis dans l'État de Pennsylvanie, affluent de la Susquehanna qu'elle rejoint à Catawissa. Longue de 67,3 km, elle traverse successivement les comtés de Luzerne, de Schuylkill et Columbia. (fr)
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  • The creek near Brandonville, Pennsylvania (en)
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  • Catawissa Creek (en)
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  • Corruption of the Algonquin word Gattawisi, meaning "Growing fat" (en)
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  • United States#USA Pennsylvania (en)
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  • Southwestern Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (en)
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  • La Catawissa Creek est une rivière des États-Unis dans l'État de Pennsylvanie, affluent de la Susquehanna qu'elle rejoint à Catawissa. Longue de 67,3 km, elle traverse successivement les comtés de Luzerne, de Schuylkill et Columbia. (fr)
  • Catawissa Creek (colloquially known as The Cat) is a 41.8-mile-long (67.3 km) tributary of the Susquehanna River in east-central Pennsylvania in the United States. Its watershed has an area of 153 square miles (400 km2). The waters of Catawissa Creek are highly acidic, with a pH of 4.5, due to runoff from an abandoned mine in the creek's watershed. Catawissa Creek is smaller than the nearby Fishing Creek due to a lack of major tributaries. (en)
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  • Catawissa Creek (en)
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  • Catawissa Creek (en)
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