Shenango River
| Shenango River | ||
 The Shenango River within the Beaver River Basin |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 1046180 | |
| location | northwestern state of Pennsylvania USA | |
| River system | Mississippi River | |
| Drain over | Beaver River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico | |
| origin | At Hartstown in western central Crawford County, Pennsylvania 41 ° 33 ′ 21 ″ N , 80 ° 25 ′ 41 ″ W |
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| Source height | 381 m | |
| muzzle | Confluence with the Mahoning River; both rivers form the Beaver River near New Castle, Pennsylvania Coordinates: 40 ° 57 ′ 29 " N , 80 ° 22 ′ 43" W 40 ° 57 ′ 29 " N , 80 ° 22 ′ 43" W |
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| Mouth height | 232 m | |
| Height difference | 149 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.93 ‰ | |
| length | 161 km | |
| Catchment area | 2761 km² | |
| Left tributaries | Little Shenango River, Pymatuning Creek, Neshannock Creek | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Pymatuning Reservoir, Shenango River Lake | |
The Shenango River is a 161 km long river in the western US state of Pennsylvania . It forms the Beaver River at the confluence with the Mahoning River . It drains into the Gulf of Mexico via the Ohio River and the Mississippi River . The Mahoning River is part of the Mississippi river system and drains an area of 2,761 km². The source is located in the town of Hartstown in Crawford County , Pennsylvania. The Shenango River initially flows in a north-westerly direction into the 69.15 km² large Pymatuning Reservoir , which was created in 1934 through the construction of a dam. The lake is completely located in two state parks of the same name , the common border of which is identical to the state border Pennsylvania / Ohio. The park area together with the water body amounts to a total of 126 km² of which 30 km² of land and 55.5 km² of water area are in Pymatuning State Park (Pennsylvania) and 26.8 km² of land and 13.65 km² of water area are in Pymatuning State Park (Ohio) .
Below the dam built by the US Army Corps of Engineers , the river turns south-southeast into Mercer County , Pennsylvania, before turning west. Shortly before the state border with Ohio, a second dam was built in 1965, which dammed the water of the river to the 14.4 km² Shenango River Lake . Beyond the dam, the river first flows southwest and for a short time through the state of Ohio before turning southeast. 3 miles north of the town of New Castle, it joins the Mahoning River to form the Beaver River. The main tributaries of the Shenango River are the Little Shenango River , Pymatuning Creek, and Nehannock Creek . 46% of the catchment area is used for agriculture, while 40% is covered by forest and the remainder by water or wetlands.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Google Earth altitude for GNIS coordinates, accessed on July 23, 2010.
- ↑ a b c d Shenango River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ^ Pymatuning State Park , accessed July 23, 2010
- ↑ Shenango River ( Memento of the original from January 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on July 23, 2010
