Conneaut Creek
Conneaut Creek /ˈkɒni.ɒt/ is a 43.5-mile (70.0 km) tributary of Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio in the United States. Via Lake Erie, the Niagara River and Lake Ontario, it is part of the watershed of the St. Lawrence River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean.
| Conneaut Creek | |
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Mouth of Conneaut Creek on Lake Erie at Conneaut, Ohio | |
Location of the mouth of Conneaut Creek in Ohio Conneaut Creek (Ohio) Conneaut Creek (Pennsylvania) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio, Pennsylvania |
| Counties | Ashtabula, Erie, Crawford |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Linesville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 41°40′41″N 80°23′19″W |
| • elevation | 1,273 ft (388 m) |
| Mouth | Lake Erie |
• location | Conneaut, Ohio |
• coordinates | 41°58′11″N 80°32′53″W |
• elevation | 768 ft (234 m) |
| Length | 43.5 mi (70.0 km) |
| Basin size | 152 sq mi (390 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | mouth |
| • average | 323.46 cu ft/s (9.159 m3/s) (estimate) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | West Branch Conneaut Creek |
| • right | East Branch Conneaut Creek |
Conneaut Creek rises in western Crawford County, Pennsylvania, and initially flows north-northwestwardly past Conneautville into western Erie County. Near Albion, it turns to the west-southwest and roughly parallels the shoreline of Lake Erie for some length, at a distance of about 5 mi (8 km) inland, into northeastern Ashtabula County, Ohio, where, at Kingsville, it turns to the northeast to flow into Lake Erie at the city of Conneaut.
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