searched and written by Carrie Birdsong
1. State: Pennsylvania.
2. Counties: Lawrence, Beaver
3. Cities: Beaver Falls, New Brighton, Rochester,
Bridgewater
4. Source: Confluence of Mahoning River and
Shenango River
5. Location: Mahoningtown, New Castle
6. Elevation: 682 ft (208 m)
7. Length: 21 mi (34 km)
8. Basin Size: 3,163.92 square miles (8,194.5 km2)
9. Discharge: Average: 4,090.1 cu ft/s
(115.82 m3/s) at the mouth of the Ohio River
10. Progression: South
11. River System: Ohio River
Tributaries:
Left: McKee Run, Snake Run, Connoquenessing
Creek, Thompson Run, Bennett Run,
Blockhouse Run, McKinley Run.
Right: Edwards Run. Jenkins Run, Eckles Run,
Wampum Run, Stockman Run, Clarks Run,
Wallace Run, Walnut Bottom Run, Brady
Run, Hamilton Run
Beaver River is a tributary of the Ohio River in western Pennsylvania. Approximately 21 mi (34 km) long, it flows through a historically important coal-producing region north of Pittsburgh. The river is formed in Lawrence County by the confluence of the Mahoning and Shenango Rivers in the Mahoningtown neighborhood of New Castle. It flows generally to the south, past West Pittsburg and Homewood, then receives Connoquenessing Creek west of Ellwood City and flows past Beaver Falls and New Brighton. It joins the Ohio at Bridgewater and Rochester (flowing between those towns) at the downstream end of a sharp bend in the Ohio approximately 20 miles (32 km) northwest of (and downstream from) Pittsburgh. In the lower reaches near the Ohio River, the Beaver cuts through a gorge of underlying sandstone. The river is roughly parallel to the border with the state of Ohio, with both Interstate 376 and Pennsylvania Route 18 running parallel to the river itself.
(115.82 m3/s) at the mouth of the Ohio River
10. Progression: South
11. River System: Ohio River
Tributaries:
Left: McKee Run, Snake Run, Connoquenessing
Creek, Thompson Run, Bennett Run,
Blockhouse Run, McKinley Run.
Right: Edwards Run. Jenkins Run, Eckles Run,
Wampum Run, Stockman Run, Clarks Run,
Wallace Run, Walnut Bottom Run, Brady
Run, Hamilton Run
Beaver River is a tributary of the Ohio River in western Pennsylvania. Approximately 21 mi (34 km) long, it flows through a historically important coal-producing region north of Pittsburgh. The river is formed in Lawrence County by the confluence of the Mahoning and Shenango Rivers in the Mahoningtown neighborhood of New Castle. It flows generally to the south, past West Pittsburg and Homewood, then receives Connoquenessing Creek west of Ellwood City and flows past Beaver Falls and New Brighton. It joins the Ohio at Bridgewater and Rochester (flowing between those towns) at the downstream end of a sharp bend in the Ohio approximately 20 miles (32 km) northwest of (and downstream from) Pittsburgh. In the lower reaches near the Ohio River, the Beaver cuts through a gorge of underlying sandstone. The river is roughly parallel to the border with the state of Ohio, with both Interstate 376 and Pennsylvania Route 18 running parallel to the river itself.
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