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〕 | source_elevation = | source_elevation_imperial = 2431 | source_elevation_note =〔Google Earth elevation for GNIS source coordinates. Retrieved on 2010-07-05.〕 | source_length = | source_length_imperial = | source1_name = | source_meet = | mouth_name = Tygart Valley River | mouth_location = Elkins | mouth_location_note = | mouth_elevation = | mouth_elevation_imperial = 1896 | mouth_elevation_note =〔 | mouth_lat_d = 38.9356612 | mouth_lat_m = | mouth_lat_s = | mouth_lat_NS = | mouth_long_d = -79.8817369 | mouth_long_m = | mouth_long_s = | mouth_long_EW = | mouth_coordinates_note = 〔 | tributary_left = | tributary_left1 = | tributary_right = | tributary_right1 = | map = West Virginia Locator Map.PNG | map_size = 300 | map_caption = Location of the mouth of Leading Creek in Elkins, West Virginia | map_locator = West Virginia | map_first = }} Leading Creek is a tributary of the Tygart Valley River, long, in eastern West Virginia in the United States. Via the Tygart Valley, Monongahela and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of in the Allegheny Mountains. The stream's entire course and drainage basin are in northern Randolph County. Leading Creek rises north of Montrose and flows southward in a valley between Laurel Mountain and Cheat Mountain, through Montrose and the unincorporated community of Kerens, to Elkins, where it flows into the Tygart Valley River from the north. The creek is paralleled by U.S. Route 219 for most of its course. According to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, approximately 80 percent of the Leading Creek watershed is forested, mostly deciduous. Approximately 18 percent is used for pasture and agriculture.〔 ==See also== *List of rivers of West Virginia 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leading Creek (Tygart Valley River)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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