This is a list of streams and rivers in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

By drainage basin

This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.

Delaware Bay

The Delaware River drainage basin
The Schuylkill River drainage basin
The Lehigh River drainage basin
The Schuylkill River in Philadelphia

Chesapeake Bay

Susquehanna River

The Susquehanna River drainage basin
The Juniata River drainage basin
The Lackawanna and Lackawaxen drainage basins

Potomac River

The Potomac River drainage basin

Gulf of Mexico

(via the Mississippi River)

Ohio River

The Ohio River drainage basin
Allegheny River
The Allegheny River drainage basin
Monongahela River
The Monongahela River drainage basin

Lake Erie

Lake Ontario

See also

References

  • USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
  • USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Pennsylvania (1974)
  • Shaw, Lewis C. (June 1984). Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams Part II (Water Resources Bulletin No. 16). Prepared in Cooperation with the United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey (1st ed.). Harrisburg, PA: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental Resources (no ISBN).
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