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ID: 7019806
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7019806
 
Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Allegheny River (river)  Allegheny River (river)

Coordinates:
Lat: 40 26 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 40.4333  decimal degrees
Long: 080 00 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -80.0000  decimal degrees

Note: Rises in Potter county, Pennsylvania; runs through Pennsylvania & New York; unites with Monongahela river to form the Ohio river at Pittsburgh.

Names:
Allegheny River (preferred,C,V)
Allegheny (C,V)  ............ name derived from Delaware language, meaning "fine river" or "beautiful river"

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Allegheny River (river)  ............  Allegheny River (river) (P)

Place Types:
river (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
Allegheny..........  [VP]
....................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS36031758
....................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 34
Allegheny River..........  [VP Preferred]
.............................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS42000246
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS36031758; GNIS42000246
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 34
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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