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Rabbit Run
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Rabbit Run
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Bucks
Township Solebury
Physical characteristics
Main source 340 feet (100 m)
40°21′59″N 75°58′4″W / 40.36639°N 75.96778°W / 40.36639; -75.96778
River mouth 79 feet (24 m)
40°22′31″N 74°57′24″W / 40.37528°N 74.95667°W / 40.37528; -74.95667
Length 0.29 miles (0.47 km)
Basin features
Progression Rabbit Run → Delaware RiverDelaware Bay
River system Delaware River
Basin size 0.42 square miles (1.1 km2)
Bridges U.S. Route 202 (Lower York Road)
Business Route 202 (Lower York Road)
Pennsylvania Route 32 (River Road)
Slope 906.56 feet per mile (171.697 m/km)

Rabbit Run is a tributary of the Delaware River contained wholly within Solebury Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Statistics

The Geographic Information System I.D. is 1184568. U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey I.D. is 03065. The watershed of Rabbit Run is 0.42 square miles (1.1 km2) and it meets its confluence at the Delaware River's 149.45 river mile.

Course

Rabbit Run rises in Solebury Township from two unnamed ponds adjacent to U.S. Route 202, flowing generally northeast passing through the Pat Livezey Park, meeting its confluence with the Delaware River a short distance south of the bridge carrying U.S. Route 202.

Municipalities

Crossings and Bridges

  • U.S. Route 202 (Lower York Road)
  • Business Route 202 (Lower York Road)
  • Pennsylvania Route 32 (River Road)
  • Lower York Road (business Route 202)
  • U.S. Route 202 (Lower York Road)
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