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Rochester, NY is on both sides of the Genesee River, the only river to flow entirely across the state. And Binghamton, NY is on both sides of the Susquehanna River, longest river on the Atlantic Seaboard.
Reykjavik,Iceland, at 64°08' N, and 221 miles from the Arctic Circle, has milder winters than Chicago,IL, at 41°50′N. By the way, Chicago is ever so slightly further south than the balmy cities of Rome and The Vatican, which are both at 41°54′N.
Wow, when I created this topic, I never would have imagined it'd reach 1,000+ replies! Thank you all for helping make this the most popular topic on the General U.S. board!
Anyway, speaking of 1,000+, Pittsburgh and Atlanta are the only major MSAs east of the Mississippi River with average elevations that are 1,000+ feet above sea level.
Most people have heard of the Johnstown, PA flood of May 31, 1889, however the rain that caused that epic catastrophe was responsible for major disaster flooding all over northern Appalachia, May 31 and June 1, 1889 still are record floods on the Juniata River (on the other side of the Eastern Continental Divide from Johnstown). This contemporaneous newspaper history reported more of the story than more recent books, including observations that the Washington Monument was surrounded by water, and flooding in New York State as well: Cambria County Archives - History, History of the Johnstown Flood book
The inner Boston Harbor (Wintrop to Sqantum, Quincy) has about 12 miles of coastline and 4 rivers dumping into the Harbor, I do not know of a place with a higher concentration of Rivers mouths.
Wow, when I created this topic, I never would have imagined it'd reach 1,000+ replies! Thank you all for helping make this the most popular topic on the General U.S. board!
Anyway, speaking of 1,000+, Pittsburgh and Atlanta are the only major MSAs east of the Mississippi River with average elevations that are 1,000+ feet above sea level.
For any of you who haven't noticed, this is not the same word as Juanita.
It's pronounced JOO-ne-ATT-a, not wah-NEET-a.
Funny you should mention that. I used to live next to a street called Juniata, and it seemed like everyone mispronounced it as "Juanita"!!
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