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Rising near Cooperstown, New York, the north branch of the river river runs east southeast through dairy country, receiving the Unadilla River at Sidney and the Chenango in downtown BinghamtonBinghamton is a city in upstate New York in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 47,380. It is the county seat of Broome County. It is nestled in the Southern Tier of New York, at the confluence of the Susquehanna a. At SayreSayre is a borough located in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2000 census, the borough had a total population of 5,813. Sayre is close to the New York border and is contiguous with Waverly, New York. History In May of 1870, a Waverly banker named in northern Pennsylvania, just across the New York state line, it receives the ChemungThe Chemung River (shuh-MUHNG) is a tributary of the Susquehanna River, approximately 45 mi (72 km) long, in south central New York and northern Pennsylvania in the United States. It drains a mountainous region of the northern Allegheny Plateau in the Sou from the northwest and makes a right angle curve between Sayre and TowandaTowanda is a borough located in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2000 census, the borough had a total population of 3,024. It is the county seat of Bradford County 6. Geography Towanda is located at 41°46'13" North, 76°26'48" West (41. 770251, -76 to cut through The Endless Mountains in the Allegheny Plateau. It receives the Lackawanna RiverThe Lackawanna River is a tributary of the Susquehanna River, approximately 35 mi (56 km) long, in northeastern Pennsylvania in the United States. It flows through a region of the northern Pocono Mountains that was formerly a historically significant cent southwest of ScrantonScranton is a city located in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 76,415. It is the county seat of Lackawanna County 6. Geography Scranton is located at 41°24'38" North, 75°40'3" West (41. 410629, -75 and turns sharply to the southwest, flowing through the former industrial heartland in the mountain ridges of northeastern Pennsylvania, past Wilkes-BarreWilkes-Barre (pronounced wilkes-berry or wilkes-bear and most often by non-natives as wilkes-bar is a city located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It gained prominence in the 19th and 20th centuries as an active coal- mining city, but has struggled econo, BerwickBerwick is a borough located in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2000 census, the borough had a total population of 10,774. Geography Berwick is located at 41°3'25" North, 76°14'52" West (41. 056843, -76. According to the United States Census Bure, Bloomsburg, and Danville. It receives the smaller West Branch from the northwest at Sunbury.

Downstream from the confluence of its branches it flows south past Selinsgrove and cutting through a water gap at the western end of Mahantango Mountain . It receives the Juniata River from the northwest at Duncannon, then passes through its last water gap, through Blue Mountain , just northwest of Harrisburg. It passes downtown Harrisburg (where it is nearly a mile wide), the largest city on the lower river, and flows southeast across rural south central Pennsylvania, receiving Swatara Creek from the northeast. It crosses into northern Maryland approximately 30 mi northeast of Baltimore and enters the northern end of the Chesapeake Bay at Havre de Grace.

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The river has played an enormous role throughout the history of the United States. In the 17th century it was inhabited largely by the Lenape, forming roughly the western boundary of their inhabited territory, known as Lenapehoking. In the 18th century, William Penn, the founder of the Pennsylvania Colony, negotiated with the Lenape to allow white settlement in the colony between the Delaware River and Susquehanna. The name of the river comes from an Algonquian word for "muddy water."

In the late colonial times the river became an increasingly important transportation corridor with the discovery of anthracite coal in its upper reaches in the mountains. In 1792, the Union Canal was proposed linking the Susquehanna and the Delaware along Swatara Creek and Tulpehocken Creek. In the 18th century. In the 19th century the river became the scene of the growth of industrial centers.

In 1972 the remnants of Hurricane Agnes stalled over the New York-Pennsylvania Border, dropping as much as 20 inches of rain on the hilly lands. Much of that precipitation was received into the Susquehanna from its western tributaries and the valley suffered disastrous flooding. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was among the hardest hit communities. The Chesapeake Bay received so much fresh water that it killed off much of the marine life.

In 1979 the river was the scene of the most serious nuclear power accident in U.S. history at Three Mile Island southeast of Harrisburg. The river suffered the dumping of more than 40,000 gallons (150 m³) of radioactive fuel during the meltdown.

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Knox Mine Disaster Susquehanna River broke through into a mine shaft.

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