ALLEGHENY RIVER


Meaning of ALLEGHENY RIVER in English

River in Pennsylvania and New York, U.S. It rises in Potter county, Pa.

, loops northwest into New York, turns back into Pennsylvania, and unites with the Ohio River at Pittsburgh , Pa. It is 325 mi (523 km) long; its chief tributaries are the Clarion, the Kiskiminetas, and French Creek. Several dams make the river navigable from Pittsburgh to East Brady, Pa.

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