Youghiogheny River
The Youghiogheny River /jɒkəˈɡeɪni/,[3] or the Yough (pronounced Yok /ˈjɒk/) for short, is a 134-mile-long (216 km)[1] tributary of the Monongahela River in the U.S. states of West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. It drains an area on the west side of the Allegheny Mountains northward into Pennsylvania.
| Youghiogheny River | |
|---|---|
| Mouth | Monongahela River |
| Length | 132 mi (212 km)[1] |
| Mouth elevation | 724 ft (221 m)[2] |
Youghiogheny River Media
- Map of Youghiogheny River Watershed in Pennsylvania Maryland West Virginia.jpg
Youghiogheny River Watershed in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia
- Kitfry-1-.jpg
1751 map depicting the "Yawyawganey River" (top-left corner)
- USACE Youghiogheny Lake and Dam.jpg
Youghiogheny Lake and Dam on the Youghiogheny River near Confluence, Pennsylvania
- Low brace Youghiogheny River Ohiopyle, PA.jpg
The Lower Yough: One of the most actively run sections of whitewater east of the Mississippi River
- Youghiogheny River at West Newton.jpg
Youghiogheny River at West Newton, Pennsylvania
- Youghiogheny Valley Plate IX WBClark 1897.jpg
View of the Youghiogheny Valley in the Alleghany Mountains, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (1898)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2017-08-23 at the Wayback Machine, accessed August 15, 2011
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Youghiogheny River
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
