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The Schuylkill River, pronounced "skookle" ( SAMPA: /sku:k@5/), is an approximately 130 mile (209 km) long river whose watershed of around 2000 square miles (5,000 km˛) lies entirely within the state of Pennsylvania. The source of its main branch is Tuscarora Springs, near Tamaqua, Schuylkill County; it becomes one stream at the town of Schuylkill Haven. Wissahickon Creek joins it in northwest Philadelphia, and the Schuylkill joins the Delaware River, of which it is the largest tributary, at the site of the former Philadelphia Navy Yard, now the Philadelphia Naval Business Center, just northeast of Philadelphia International AirportPhiladelphia International Airport is an airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is the largest airport in the Delaware Valley region. The airport is a hub of US Airways and has service to destinations in the United States, Canada, Latin America, and E.

The river was named Schuylkill--"hidden river" in DutchDutch is a West Germanic language spoken worldwide by around 21 million people. The variety of Dutch spoken in Belgium is also informally called Flemish . The Dutch name for the language is Nederlands or less formal Hollands and Dutch is sometimes called--by its EuropeFor the band of the same name, see Europe (band . Europe is a continent forming the westermost part of the Eurasian supercontinent. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Sean discoverer, Arendt Corssen of the Dutch West India CompanyThe Dutch West India Company ( Dutch: West-Indische Compagnie or WIC was a company of Dutch merchants. On June 3, 1621, it was granted a charter for a trade monopoly in the West by the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. The area where the company c, after its confluence with the Delaware at League Island that was nearly hidden by dense vegetation.

Major towns and cities on the banks of the river include PottsvillePottsville is a city located in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 15,549. It is the county seat of Schuylkill County 6. Geography Pottsville is located at 40°41'6" North, 76°12'10" West (40. 685058,, ReadingReading is the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 81,207. The city was famous for the Reading Railroad (for example, see Monopoly game). Overlooking Reading on Mount Penn is a distinctive p, Pottstown, Phoenixville, Norristown, Conshohocken, and Philadelphia.

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