Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river of the northeast United States rising in central New York and flowing about 715 km (445 mi) south through eastern Pennsylvania and northeast Maryland to Chesapeake Bay.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a river in the northeastern United States that rises in New York and flows southward through Pennsylvania and Maryland into Chesapeake Bay
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Examples
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The Rappahannock River is more visible than the Susquehanna River, which is virtually invisible.
Record Setting US Snowstorm as Seen From Space | Universe Today 2009
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Its extension to Oxford and the Susquehanna River is a matter for the immediate future.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 Various
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The country from Philadelphia to Baltimore, like that which we passed through on the preceding day, is much less interesting than the country to the north of New York; but a grand feature of the road we travelled was the Susquehanna River, which is here very broad, and which we crossed in a large steamer, leaving the train we were in, and joining another which was in readiness on the other side.
First Impressions of the New World On Two Travellers from the Old in the Autumn of 1858 Isabella Strange Trotter 1847
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Early settlers called the Susquehanna River "a mile wide and a foot deep."
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Early settlers called the Susquehanna River "a mile wide and a foot deep."
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That backed up section of the Susquehanna River is a wonderful fishery.
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That backed up section of the Susquehanna River is a wonderful fishery.
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The second is Conewago Hydropower plant, it is a clean and safe source of energy, and in the case of the Susquehanna River, which is already so polluted, and whose wildlife must be bionic by now, it leaves a small environmental impact.
WN.com - Articles related to Gov't advised not to sell oil power plants yet 2010
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The second is Conewago Hydropower plant, it is a clean and safe source of energy, and in the case of the Susquehanna River, which is already so polluted, and whose wildlife must be bionic by now, it leaves a small environmental impact.
WN.com - Articles related to Gov't advised not to sell oil power plants yet 2010
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Fearing Ray Gricar might have taken his own life, investigators conducted an extensive search of the Susquehanna River but were unable to locate any sign of the district attorney.
Ray Gricar, Missing Pennsylvania DA, Opted Not To Prosecute Jerry Sandusky 2011
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