The Monongahela is formed by the confluence of the West Fork River and its "east fork"—the Tygart Valley River—at Fairmont in north central West Virginia. From there it flows northeasterly to cross the Pennsylvania border just west of north Cheat Lake on its Cheat River tributary.

Dec 11, 2024 · Monongahela River, river formed by the confluence of the Tygart and West Fork rivers in Marion county, West Virginia, U.S. It flows 128 miles (206 km) in a northerly direction past Morgantown into Pennsylvania, past Brownsville and Charleroi, joining the Allegheny River at Pittsburgh to become a

The Monongahela River is one of a few major rivers in North America that flow from south to north, instead of north to south. There are a total of 9 locks and dams along the length of the Monongahela River, beginning in Lowsville, WV and ending in Braddock, PA.

Apr 27, 2018 · The Ohio River is formed by the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River and it's the largest tributary of the Mississippi River. The river is 981 miles long and flows northwest out of...

The Monongahela River (/ m ə ˌ n ɒ ŋ ɡ ə ˈ h iː l ə / mə-NONG-gə-HEE-lə, /-ˈ h eɪ-/ HAY-) [1] — often referred to locally as the Mon (/ m ɒ n /) — is a 130-mile-long (210 km) [2] river on the Allegheny Plateau in north-central West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania, which flows from south to north.

The 128-mile Monongahela River rises at the junction of the West Fork River and the Tygart Valley River at Fairmont, WV, and ends at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where it joins the Allegheny River to form the Ohio River.

The Monongahela River [1] has its source in the mountains of West Virginia, at the junction of the Tygart Valley and West Fork Rivers south of Fairmont, and flows north into Pennsylvania for 128.7 miles to Pittsburgh, where it joins the Allegheny River to form the Ohio River. From its headwaters, the Monongahela winds its way downhill through ...

The Monongahela River flows for 130 miles from mountainous West Virginia through the heart of Western Pennsylvania’s historic steel-making corridor, and into Downtown Pittsburgh, where it meets the Allegheny River at Point State Park.

With heavy commerical and industrial traffic, the Monongahela River has six locks and dams. It joins the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River.With navigation on the river once being used by only canoes and flatboats, it is now heavily used as a barge route, carrying coal, coke, iron, and steel.

The Monongahela River is formed at Fairmont by the merging of the West Fork and Tygart Valley River. The "Mon," as it is often called by people of the region, terminates 128 miles away at Pittsburgh, where it joins the larger Allegheny to form the Ohio River.