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Sorber Run begins in a valley on a mountain in Lake
Township, Luzerne County. It flows east-northeast for a few tenths of a mile before turning northeast for a short distance. The stream then turns north for several tenths of a mile, flowing through a valley to the west of
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from its headwaters downstream to its mouth. This makes it one of two
Wilderness Trout Streams in Wyoming County, the other being
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The drainage basin of Sorber Run is designated as
Exceptional Value waters and a Migratory Fishery. Wild
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naturally reproduce in the stream from its headwaters downstream to its mouth. It is classified by the
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When Sorber Run was surveyed by the
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission in 2002, it was given a
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Surficial geology of the Noxen 7.5-minute quadrangle, Wyoming and
Luzerne Counties, Pennsylvania
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of Sorber Run has an area of 2.08 square miles (5.4 km). The stream is entirely within the
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In 2005, the
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Sorber Run is listed on the
Wyoming County Natural Areas Inventory. It was once designated as
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class of A. The biomass of trout was more than 45 kilograms per hectare (40 lb/acre).
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on August 2, 1979. Its identifier in the
Geographic Names Information System is 1199562.
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624:"§ 93.9i. Drainage List I. Susquehanna River Basin in Pennsylvania Susquehanna River"
598:"Changes to List of Class A Wild Trout Waters 2005; Additional Public Comment Period"
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in the valley of Bowman Creek reached the mouth of Sorber Run, the lower outlets of
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Sorber Run joins Bowman Creek 16.25 miles (26.15 km) upstream of its mouth.
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opened. Sorber Run is classified as a High-gradient
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Pennsylvania Wild Trout Waters (Natural Reproduction) – August 2015
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valley on a mountain in Lake Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
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A Natural Areas Inventory of Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
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254:Sorber Run looking downstream in its upper reaches
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230:Sorber Run looking upstream in its upper reaches
413:, next tributary of Bowman Creek going upstream
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95:Bowman Creek in Noxen Township, Pennsylvania
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719:Wildlife Abounds Throughout Wyoming County
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273:For most of the length of Sorber Run, the
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568:Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program
511:Feature Detail Report for: Sorber Run
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422:List of tributaries of Bowman Creek
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277:immediately next to it consists of
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540:, pp. 11, 18, archived from
476:Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams
218:Trout Streams in Wyoming County.
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417:List of rivers of Pennsylvania
101: • coordinates
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39:Physical characteristics
140: • elevation
67: • elevation
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91: • location
57: • location
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393:Class A Wild Trout Waters
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152:3.1 mi (5.0 km)
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405:Stone Run (Bowman Creek)
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246:Geography and geology
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123:41.40958°N 76.09369°W
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375:brook trout
292:During the
170:Progression
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766:Categories
428:References
331:of Noxen.
329:quadrangle
187:Sorber Run
157:Basin size
114:76°05′37″W
111:41°24′34″N
22:Sorber Run
411:Baker Run
379:Cider Run
322:watershed
308:Watershed
285:known as
264:sea level
191:tributary
570:(1995),
399:See also
279:alluvium
386:biomass
361:Biology
342:History
298:glacier
294:Ice Age
268:source
222:Course
149:Length
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48:Source
659:(PDF)
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367:trout
260:mouth
205:, in
189:is a
81:Mouth
16:River
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320:The
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