- Shenango River
The Shenango River is a principal
tributary of the Beaver River, approximately 100 mi (160 km) long, [http://www.bartleby.com/69/45/S10145.html Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry for Shenango River] ] in westernPennsylvania in theUnited States . It also briefly flows through small portions of northeasternOhio .DeLorme (2003). "Pennsylvania Atlas & Gazetteer". Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-280-3] Via the Beaver and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of theMississippi River .The Shenango rises in west-central Crawford County and initially flows northwestwardly into the Pymatuning Reservoir, which was formed in 1934 by the construction of a
dam on the river. [ [http://www.bartleby.com/69/85/P09585.html Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry for Pymatuning Reservoir] ] The lake turns to the south, widening intoAshtabula County, Ohio , and passing throughPymatuning State Park . Below the dam and after returning fully to Pennsylvania, the Shenango flows south-southeastwardly into Mercer County, passing Jamestown and Greenville before turning westwardly into Shenango River Lake, formed in 1965 by aUnited States Army Corps of Engineers dam [ [http://www.lrp.usace.army.mil/rec/lakes/shenango.htm United States Army Corps of Engineers website for Shenango River Lake] ] . Below that dam, the Shenango flows southwestwardly through the communities of Sharpsville and Sharon (near which it briefly entersTrumbull County, Ohio ); then south-southeastwardly past Farrell, Wheatland and West Middlesex into Lawrence County, where it passes New Castle and Oakland. It joins theMahoning River to form the Beaver River, 3 mi (4.8 km) southwest of New Castle.Tributaries of the Shenango include the short Little Shenango River, [ Gnis|1199898|Little Shenango River] which flows for its entire length in Mercer County and joins the Shenango from the east at Greenville;
Pymatuning Creek , which flows into Shenango River Lake; andNeshannock Creek , which joins the river at New Castle.ee also
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List of Ohio rivers
*List of Pennsylvania rivers References
*Gnis|1046180|Shenango River
External links
* [http://waterdata.usgs.gov/pa/nwis/current/?type=flow U.S. Geological Survey: PA stream gaging stations]
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