Beaver River (Ohio River)
| Beaver River | ||
 Basin of the Beaver River |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 1169025 | |
| location | Pennsylvania (USA) | |
| River system | Mississippi River | |
| Drain over | Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico | |
| confluence | from Mahoning River and Shenango River 40 ° 57 ′ 29 " N , 80 ° 22 ′ 43" W |
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| Source height | 233 m | |
| muzzle | at Rochester in the Ohio River Coordinates: 40 ° 41 ′ 49 " N , 80 ° 17 ′ 21" W 40 ° 41 ′ 49 " N , 80 ° 17 ′ 21" W |
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| Mouth height | 208 m | |
| Height difference | 25 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.74 ‰ | |
| length | 34 km | |
| Catchment area | 5789 km² | |
| Outflow at the Wampum gauge |
MQ |
72 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Connoquenessing Creek | |
| Medium-sized cities | New Castle | |
| Small towns | West Pittsburg , Homewood , Ellwood City , Beaver Falls , New Brighton | |
 View of the Beaver River |
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The Beaver River is a right tributary of the Ohio River in the US state of Pennsylvania .
It is 34 km long and is formed by the union of the two rivers Mahoning River and Shenango River in Lawrence County . From there it flows south through the Beaver County named after it . The Beaver River ( English for " beaver river") flows into the Ohio near Rochester , about 32 km northwest of Pittsburgh .
Web links
Commons : Beaver River - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Mahoning River in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
- ↑ Beaver River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ^ A b Water Resources of Pennsylvania. (PDF; 22 kB) US Geological Survey