Rising near Cooperstown, New York, the Susquehanna flows for more than 440 miles through New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, emptying into the Chesapeake bay at Havre de Grace.

Some of the major cities along the path of the river and its tributaries are Binghamton, Scranton, Wilke-Barre, Harrisburg, Lancaster and York.

At Harrisburg, the river is nearly a mile wide. The river is the 16th largest in the United States and is the largest, wholly contained within the U.S. and emptying into the Atlantic.

The Susquehanna provides about half the fresh water entering the Chesapeake Bay.

According to www.wikipedia.org, "The Susquehanna is named after the Susquehannock Indians. Local legend claims that the name of the river comes from an Indian phrase meaning 'mile wide, foot deep,' referring to the Susquehanna's unusual dimensions, but while the word is Algonquian, it simply means 'muddy water.'"

West Branch — see Muncy Valley, in particular, West Branch River.