Deer Creek (Allegheny River tributary)

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Deer Creek
Country United States
Physical characteristics
Main source 40°41′04″N79°54′09″W / 40.6844444°N 79.9025°W / 40.6844444; -79.9025
River mouth 725 ft (221 m)
40°32′07″N79°50′22″W / 40.5353000°N 79.8394000°W / 40.5353000; -79.8394000 Coordinates: 40°32′07″N79°50′22″W / 40.5353000°N 79.8394000°W / 40.5353000; -79.8394000
Basin features
River system Allegheny River

Deer Creek is a tributary of the Allegheny River located in both Allegheny and Butler counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. [1]

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.

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania County in the United States

Allegheny County is a county in the southwest of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2017 the population was 1,223,048, making it the state's second-most populous county, following Philadelphia County. The county seat is Pittsburgh. Allegheny County is included in the Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, and in the Pittsburgh Designated Market Area.

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Course

Deer Creek joins the Allegheny River at the township of Harmar.

Harmar Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Harmar Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,921 at the 2010 census.

Tributaries

(Mouth at the Allegheny River)

See also

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Allegheny Islands State Park is a 43-acre (17 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Harmar Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The undeveloped park is composed of three alluvial islands located in the middle of the Allegheny River northeast of Pittsburgh. The islands are just north of the boroughs of Oakmont and Plum, and southwest of Cheswick. Bridges for the Pennsylvania Turnpike and the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Branch of the Canadian National Railway cross the Allegheny River at the middle island.

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References

  1. ↑ "Deer Creek". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2010-09-18.
  2. ↑ "Little Deer Creek". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  3. ↑ "Long Run". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  4. ↑ "Rawlins Run". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  5. ↑ "Blue Run". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  6. ↑ "Cunningham Run". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  7. ↑ "Cedar Run". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  8. ↑ "Dawson Run". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  9. ↑ "West Branch Deer Creek". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2010-12-03.
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