Peters Creek (Pennsylvania)
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Peters Creek is a 16.8-mile-long (27.0 km)[5] tributary of the Monongahela River and part of the Ohio River and Mississippi River watersheds, flowing through southwestern Pennsylvania in the United States.[6]
Quick Facts Peters Creek Tributary to Monongahela River, Location ...
Peters Creek Tributary to Monongahela River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Allegheny Washington |
Borough | Clairton |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Little Chartiers Creek divide |
• location | Thomas, Pennsylvania[1] |
• coordinates | 40°14′08″N 080°05′52″W[2] |
• elevation | 1,200 ft (370 m)[1] |
Mouth | Monongahela River |
• location | Clairton, Pennsylvania[1] |
• coordinates | 40°18′34″N 079°52′52″W[2] |
• elevation | 719 ft (219 m)[2] |
Length | 16.16 mi (26.01 km)[3] |
Basin size | 51.44 square miles (133.2 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Monongahela River |
• average | 54.41 cu ft/s (1.541 m3/s) at mouth with Monongahela River[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | northeast |
River system | Monongahela River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Piney Fork Lick Run Beam Run Lewis Run |
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