Lackawanna River valley

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geographic region river valley

The Lackawanna River valley is a northeastern Pennsylvania river valley historically known as a center of anthracite coal mining and the urban-industrial corridor that includes the city of Scranton.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Lackawanna Valley 2
Lackawanna River Valley 1
Lackawanna River valley canonical 1

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region ⓘ
river valley ⓘ
adjacentTo Wyoming Valley ⓘ
associatedWith Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan region
contains Lackawanna County ⓘ
surface form: Lackawanna County (core area)

Scranton ⓘ
Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Wilkes-Barre–Scranton metropolitan area (part)
currentLandUse mixed urban, suburban, and post-industrial landscapes ⓘ
drainageTo Susquehanna River ⓘ
surface form: Susquehanna River (via Lackawanna River)
economicBaseHistorically coal mining ⓘ
railroad transportation ⓘ
steel and heavy industry ⓘ
environmentalIssue legacy coal mining impacts ⓘ
geologicalResource anthracite coal ⓘ
historicalEraOfGrowth 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
historicalRole major center of anthracite coal industry ⓘ
industrialCorridorFor Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Scranton urban area
knownFor anthracite coal mining ⓘ
urban-industrial development ⓘ
locatedIn Northeastern Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
partOf Appalachian coalfield ⓘ
surface form: Appalachian coal region

Lackawanna River watershed ⓘ
stateSubdivision Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
transportationHistory served by multiple railroads ⓘ
traversedBy Lackawanna River ⓘ
urbanizationPattern linear urban corridor along Lackawanna River ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States → partOf → Lackawanna River valley ⓘ
subject surface form: Scranton, Pennsylvania
George Inness → notableWork → Lackawanna River valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Lackawanna Valley
Lackawanna River → namedAfter → Lackawanna River valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lackawanna Valley
Lackawanna River → partOf → Lackawanna River valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lackawanna Valley
Lackawanna River → locatedIn → Lackawanna River valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lackawanna River Valley