Английская Википедия:Buckhannon River
The Buckhannon River is a Шаблон:Convert[1] tributary of the Tygart Valley River in north-central West Virginia, USA. Via the Tygart Valley, Monongahela and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of Шаблон:Convert on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau. It provides drinking water for much of Upshur County.[2]
Geography
The Buckhannon River is formed at the community of Alexander in southern Upshur County by the confluence of the Left Fork Buckhannon River[3] and the Right Fork Buckhannon River,[4] both of which rise in southwestern Randolph County at elevations of Шаблон:Convert and Шаблон:Convert, respectively,[5] and flow generally north-northwestwardly into southern Upshur County. The Right Fork flows through the communities of Pickens and Selbyville and collects tributaries known as the Middle Fork Right Fork Buckhannon River[6] and the Left Fork Right Fork Buckhannon River;[7] the Left Fork of the Right Fork flows through the community of Helvetia.[8]
From Alexander the Buckhannon River flows generally northwardly, past Sago, to the city of Buckhannon, then northeastwardly into southwestern Barbour County, past Boulder (Rangoon Post Office) and Carrollton, where it is crossed by the Carrollton Covered Bridge. It joins the Tygart Valley River just downstream of Carrollton, about Шаблон:Convert southwest of Philippi,[8] at the site of the former community of Tygart Junction.
According to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, approximately 79.5% of the Buckhannon River's watershed is forested, mostly deciduous; approximately 18.1% is used for agriculture and pasture; and less than 1% is urban.[9]
Name
The city of Buckhannon was officially named for Buckongahelas[10] (Шаблон:Circa–1805), the legendary Lenape Chief. A statue of Buckongahelas and his fallen son, crafted by Buckhannon sculptor Ross Straight, was erected in Buckhannon West Virginia’s Jawbone Park in 2000.[11]
Fish life
The uppermost (southernmost) stretch of the river downstream of Alexander drops approximately Шаблон:Convert in its first Шаблон:Convert and is boulder-strewn, providing habitat for trout (particularly brown trout), smallmouth bass, and rock bass. A low dam, installed for the provision of drinking water, forms a pool stretching upstream of Buckhannon to Sago; downstream of Sago, the Buckhannon is considered to be one of the best streams for muskellunge fishing in West Virginia. For Шаблон:Convert downstream of Buckhannon, the river generally moves slowly between vegetation-covered banks over numerous submerged logs, providing habitat for muskies as well as smallmouth bass, rock bass, and carp. In its lowermost course above its mouth, the river assumes a higher gradient and is home to smallmouth bass, rock bass, and sunfish.[12]
Variant names and spellings
According to the Geographic Names Information System & official historic markers, the Buckhannon River has also been known as:[13]
- Buckongehanon River
- Buckanan River
- Buckhanan River
- Buckhannans Fork
- Buckhanon River
See also
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Шаблон:Webarchive, accessed August 15, 2011
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- ↑ 8,0 8,1 DeLorme (1997). West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. Шаблон:ISBN.
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