Lehigh River
The Lehigh River is a 109-mile-long tributary of the Delaware River in eastern Pennsylvania. The river flows in a generally southward pattern from the Pocono Mountains in Northeastern Pennsylvania through Allentown and much of the Lehigh Valley before joining the Delaware River in Easton.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river located in eastern Pennsylvania, in the United States
- Also known as: “Great Lechau”, “Great Lechau River”, “Lecha”, “Lecha River”, “Lechauweeki River”, “Lechauweki River”, “Lechauwekink”, “Lechauwekink River”, “Lechauwiechink”, “Lechauwiechink River”, “Lechaw”, “Lechawecki”, “Lechaweing”, “Lechawiechink”, “Lechwiechink”, “Lehigh Creek”, “Lehigh Run”, “Meech-hanne”, “reka Lehigh”, “West Branch of the Delaware River”, and “Лехай (река)”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Lehigh and Hudson River Railway Bridge and Central Railroad of New Jersey Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Easton and Phillipsburg.
Phillipsburg
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Lopatcong Township
Town
Lehigh River
- Categories: river, Pennsylvania Scenic River, and body of water
- Location: Northampton, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.68899° or 40° 41′ 20″ north
Longitude
-75.20434° or 75° 12′ 16″ west
Elevation
148 feet (45 metres)
Open location code
87G6MQQW+H7
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lehigh River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر ليهاي”
- Asturian: “Ríu Lehigh”
- Catalan: “Lehigh”
- Cebuano: “Lehigh River”
- Chinese: “利哈伊河”
- Dutch: “Lehigh River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ليهيج”
- Esperanto: “Lehigh”
- French: “Lehigh”
- German: “Lehigh River”
- Hebrew: “נהר ליהיי”
- Irish: “Abhainn Lehigh”
- Japanese: “リーハイ川”
- Korean: “리하이강”
- Mingrelian: “ლიჰაი (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “ლიჰაი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lehigh River”
- Pennsylvania German: “Lechaa Rewwer”
- Piemontese: “Lehigh”
- Polish: “Lehigh”
- Russian: “Лехай”
- Slovenian: “Lehigh”
- South Azerbaijani: “لهیق چایی”
- Ukrainian: “Лігай”
- Venetian: “Lehigh”
- Welsh: “Afon Lehigh”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Williamsport and South Easton.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Hugh Moore Park and Easton Dam.
Pennsylvania: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
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