Alder Run Tributary to French Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Erie County |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Bentley Run divide |
• location | about 3 miles northwest of Beaver Dam, Pennsylvania [2] |
• coordinates | 41°56′03″N 079°48′09″W / 41.93417°N 79.80250°W [1] |
• elevation | 1,420 ft (430 m) [2] |
Mouth | French Creek |
• location | about 3.5 miles southwest of Wattsburg, Pennsylvania [2] |
• coordinates | 41°58′16″N 079°51′40″W / 41.97111°N 79.86111°W [1] |
• elevation | 1,243 ft (379 m) [1] |
Length | 4.52 mi (7.27 km) [3] |
Basin size | 7.07 square miles (18.3 km2) [4] |
Discharge | |
• location | French Creek |
• average | 13.68 cu ft/s (0.387 m3/s) at mouth with French Creek [4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | generally northwest [3] |
River system | Allegheny River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Game Land Road, Fenno Road, Old Wattsburg Road, Hatch Hollow Road, PA 8, Wattsburg-Waterford Road |
Alder Run is a 4.52 mi (7.27 km) long third-order tributary to French Creek in Erie County.
Alder Run rises about 3 miles northwest of Beaver Dam, Pennsylvania, and then flows northwesterly to join French Creek about 3 miles southwest of Wattsburg, Pennsylvania. [2]
Alder Run drains 7.07 square miles (18.3 km2) of area, receives about 46.3 in/year of precipitation, and is about 36% forested. [4]