Conemaugh River
{{Short description|River in Pennsylvania, United States}}
{{other uses|Conemaugh (disambiguation)}}
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| image = USACE Conemaugh River Lake Dam 2.jpg
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| image_caption = Conemaugh River Lake Dam at low water
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The Conemaugh River is a {{convert|70|mi|adj=on}} tributary of the Kiskiminetas River in Westmoreland, Indiana, and Cambria counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.{{Cite gnis|id=1172300|name=Conemaugh River|accessdate=2011-04-27}} The name means 'Otter Creek', originating from the Unami-Lenape language word kwənəmuxkw 'otter'.{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bHNeAAAAIBAJ&pg=907%2C1096985 | title=Happenings in Pennsylvania | work=Observer-Reporter | date=Jul 9, 1970 | accessdate=23 May 2015 | author=Linder, Lee | pages=B3}}{{cite book|last=Storey|first=Henry Wilson|title=History of Cambria County, Pennsylvania|volume=1|year=1907|publisher=Lewis|location=New York|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rEwVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA63|accessdate=June 10, 2016|page=63}}{{cite web|title=kwënëmuxkw|url=http://www.talk-lenape.org/detail.php?id=3366|work=Lenape Talking Dictionary|accessdate=June 10, 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201235623/http://www.talk-lenape.org/detail.php?id=3366|archivedate=February 1, 2016}}
Course
File:USACE Conemaugh River Lake Dam.jpg
The Conemaugh River is formed at Johnstown (site of the Johnstown Flood) in southwestern Cambria County by the confluence of the Little Conemaugh and Stonycreek rivers. It flows generally west–northwest, in a winding course through the mountains along the northern edge of Laurel Hill and Chestnut Ridge. Northwest of Blairsville it is joined by Blacklick Creek. At Saltsburg it is joined from the south by Loyalhanna Creek to form the Kiskiminetas River. Along much of its lower course, the Conemaugh forms part of the boundary between Westmoreland and Indiana counties.
Watershed
File:Conemaugh River bridges.jpg
The Kiskiminetas-Conemaugh river basin flows through scenic mountainous country that forms the heart of the historic coal-producing areas of western Pennsylvania. Before the Dam was constructed, the town of Livermore served the area between Blairsville and Saltsburg as an important stop along the former canal, as well as the railroad. The watershed is considered among the most degraded in the state, largely from abandoned mine drainages. The recovery of the river has been an important ongoing ecological management project of state and private agencies.
Communities
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://waterdata.usgs.gov/pa/nwis/current/?type=flow U.S. Geological Survey: PA stream gaging stations]
- [http://www.keefeg.com/conemaughdam/ Conemaugh Dam pictures]
- {{usurped|1=[https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20110202081850/http://www.scrip.pa-conservation.org/ SCRIP-river improvement project]}}
- [http://www.conemaughvalleyconservancy.org/ Conemaugh Valley Conservancy]
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Category:Rivers of Pennsylvania
Category:Tributaries of the Kiskiminetas River