Cheat River basin

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The Cheat River basin is a watershed in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia and Pennsylvania that collects runoff from highland areas, including Cheat Mountain, before draining into the Monongahela River system.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cheat River watershed 4
Cheat River basin canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river basin ⓘ
watershed ⓘ
collectsRunoffFrom Allegheny Mountains highlands ⓘ
Cheat Mountain ⓘ
contains Big Sandy Creek (Monongahela River tributary) ⓘ
linked to: Big Sandy Creek

Black Fork ⓘ
Blackwater River (West Virginia) ⓘ
Cheat River ⓘ
Deckers Creek ⓘ
Dry Fork (Cheat River tributary) ⓘ
linked to: Dry Fork

Gandy Creek ⓘ
Glady Fork ⓘ
Horseshoe Run (Cheat River tributary) ⓘ
linked to: Horseshoe Run

Laurel Run (Cheat River tributary) ⓘ
Little Sandy Creek (Pennsylvania) ⓘ
Little Sandy Creek (West Virginia) ⓘ
Muddy Creek (Cheat River tributary) ⓘ
Otter Creek (Cheat River tributary) ⓘ
Pringle Run ⓘ
Red Creek (Dry Fork tributary) ⓘ
Shavers Fork ⓘ
Tygart Valley River headwaters region ⓘ
containsCity Albright, West Virginia ⓘ
Kingwood, West Virginia ⓘ
Parsons, West Virginia ⓘ
Rowlesburg, West Virginia ⓘ
containsProtectedArea Blackwater Falls State Park ⓘ
Dolly Sods Wilderness (edge and headwaters) ⓘ
Monongahela National Forest ⓘ
Otter Creek Wilderness ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
drainsInto Cheat River ⓘ
Monongahela River ⓘ
elevationRange approximately 800 to over 4,800 feet above sea level ⓘ
environmentalIssue acid mine drainage ⓘ
water quality impairment from historic mining ⓘ
hasLandUse coal mining areas ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
outdoor recreation ⓘ
hasMajorLandcover high-elevation spruce forest patches ⓘ
mixed hardwood forest ⓘ
hasMouthNear Point Marion, Pennsylvania ⓘ
hydrologicRegion Appalachian Plateau ⓘ
knownFor steep mountain streams ⓘ
whitewater boating ⓘ
locatedIn Allegheny Mountains ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
partOf Monongahela River basin ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cheat Mountain → drainage → Cheat River basin ⓘ
Shavers Mountain → drainage → Cheat River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Cheat River basin
Blackwater River (West Virginia) → partOf → Cheat River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Cheat River basin
Albright, West Virginia → outdoorResource → Cheat River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Cheat River basin
Shavers Fork → partOf → Cheat River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Cheat River basin