Chartiers Run (Allegheny River tributary)

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Chartiers Run
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Country United States
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 - coordinates 40°34′32″N79°40′29″W / 40.5755556°N 79.6747222°W / 40.5755556; -79.6747222
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40°36′16″N79°43′29″W / 40.6045108°N 79.7247701°W / 40.6045108; -79.7247701 Coordinates: 40°36′16″N79°43′29″W / 40.6045108°N 79.7247701°W / 40.6045108; -79.7247701
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768 feet (234 m)
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River system Allegheny River

Chartiers Run is a tributary of the Allegheny River located in Westmoreland County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. [1] It was named after Peter Chartier, [2] a trapper of French and Native American parentage who established a trading post at the mouth of Chartiers Creek in 1743.

Tributary stream or river that flows into a main stem river or lake

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean.

Allegheny River river in western Pennsylvania and New York, United States

The Allegheny River is a 325-mile (523 km) long headwater stream of the Ohio River in western Pennsylvania and New York, United States. The Allegheny River runs from its headwaters just below the middle of Pennsylvania's northern border northwesterly into New York then in a zigzag southwesterly across the border and through Western Pennsylvania to join the Monongahela River at the Forks of the Ohio on the "Point" of Point State Park in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Allegheny River is, by volume, the main headstream of both the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Historically, the Allegheny was considered to be the upper Ohio River by both Native Americans and European settlers.

Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania County in the United States

Westmoreland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. At the 2010 census, the population was 365,169. The county seat is Greensburg. Formed from, successively, Lancaster, Northumberland, and later Bedford Counties, Westmoreland County was founded on February 26, 1773, and was the first county in the colony of Pennsylvania whose entire territorial boundary was located west of the Allegheny Mountains. Westmoreland County originally included the present-day counties of Fayette, Washington, Greene, and parts of Beaver, Allegheny, Indiana, and Armstrong counties. It is named after Westmorland, a historic county of England.

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Chartiers Run joins the Allegheny River at the city of Lower Burrell.

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References

  1. "Chartiers Run". Geographic Names Information System. 1979-08-02. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
  2. Charles Augustus Hanna, The Wilderness Trail: Or, The Ventures and Adventures of the Pennsylvania Traders on the Allegheny Path, Volume 1 The Wilderness Trail: Or, The Ventures and Adventures of the Pennsylvania Traders on the Allegheny Path, Putnam's sons, 1911
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