Shenango River

The Shenango River within the catchment area of ​​the Beaver River

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The Shenango River is a 161 km long river in the western U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It forms the confluence with the Mahoning River the Beaver River. The outflow is via the Ohio River and the Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico. The Mahoning River is part of the river system of the Mississippi River and drains an area of 2761 km ². The source is located near the village of Hartstown in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. The Shenango River first flows in a northwesterly direction into the 69.15 km ² Pymatuning Reservoir, which was created in 1934 by building a dam. The lake lies entirely in the same two state parks, their common boundary is identical to the state line Pennsylvania / Ohio. The parking area along with the waters of a total of 126 km ² of which 30 km ² land and 55.5 km ² water surface on the Pymatuning State Park (Pennsylvania ) and 26.8 km ² of land and 13.65 km ² water surface on the Pymatuning State Park ( Ohio).

Below the dam created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the river turns into südsüdostwärts Mercer County in Pennsylvania, before he turns to the west. Just before the border with Ohio, a second dam was built in 1965, which dammed the river water for 14.4 km ² Shenango River Lake. Beyond the dam, the river first flows to the southwest and a short time through the territory of Ohio, before he turns to the southeast. 5 km north of the city of New Castle, he joins the Mahoning River to form the Beaver River. The most important tributaries of the Shenango River are the Little Shenango River, Pymatuning Creek and Nehannock Creek. 46% of the catchment area is used for agricultural purposes, while 40 % of the forest and the rest of water or wetland is covered.