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〕 | watershed_imperial = 300 | watershed_note = approx. | discharge_location = Elm Grove, Wheeling | discharge_imperial = 343 | discharge_round = 1 | discharge_note = 〔 | discharge_max_imperial = 22300 | discharge_min_imperial = 0.1 | discharge1_location = | discharge1_imperial = | source_name = | source_location = boundary of Greene and Washington Counties | source_district = | source_region = | source_state = Pennsylvania | source_country = | source_lat_d = 40 | source_lat_m = 00 | source_lat_s = 08 | source_lat_NS = N | source_long_d = 80 | source_long_m = 20 | source_long_s = 27 | source_long_EW = W | source_coordinates_note = | source_elevation_imperial = 1339 | source_elevation_note = 〔Google Earth elevation for GNIS coordinates. Retrieved on 2007-06-14.〕 | source_length_imperial = | source1_name = | source1_location = Confluence of North Fork and South Fork, Richhill Township, Greene County | source1_district = | source1_region = | source1_state = Pennsylvania | source1_country = | source1_lat_d = 39 | source1_lat_m = 53 | source1_lat_s = 33 | source1_lat_NS = N | source1_long_d = 80 | source1_long_m = 28 | source1_long_s = 41 | source1_long_EW = W | source1_coordinates_note = | source1_elevation_imperial = 927 | source1_elevation_note = 〔 | source1_length_imperial = | source_confluence_location = northeastern Marshall County near Majorsville | source_confluence_district = | source_confluence_region = | source_confluence_state = West Virginia | source_confluence_country = | source_confluence_lat_d = 39 | source_confluence_lat_m = 57 | source_confluence_lat_s = 15 | source_confluence_lat_NS = N | source_confluence_long_d = 80 | source_confluence_long_m = 31 | source_confluence_long_s = 43 | source_confluence_long_EW = W | source_confluence_coordinates_note = 〔 | source_confluence_elevation_imperial = 829 | source_confluence_elevation_note = 〔 | mouth_name = Ohio River | mouth_location = Wheeling | mouth_district = | mouth_region = | mouth_state = West Virginia | mouth_country = | mouth_lat_d = 40 | mouth_lat_m = 03 | mouth_lat_s = 50 | mouth_lat_NS = N | mouth_long_d = 80 | mouth_long_m = 43 | mouth_long_s = 30 | mouth_long_EW = W | mouth_coordinates_note = 〔 | mouth_elevation_imperial = 630 | mouth_elevation_note = 〔 | tributary_left = | tributary_left1 = | tributary_right = | tributary_right1 = | free_name = | free_value = | map = Wheeling Creek WV map.png | map_size = 300 | map_caption = A map of Wheeling Creek and its watershed | map_locator = | map_first = }} Wheeling Creek is a tributary of the Ohio River, 25 miles (40 km) long, in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia in the United States, with a watershed extending into southwestern Pennsylvania. Via the Ohio River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of approximately on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau. It flows into the Ohio River in downtown Wheeling, just downstream of Ohio's Wheeling Creek on the opposite bank. According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known as Big Wheeling Creek.〔 ==Geography== Wheeling Creek is formed in northeastern Marshall County, West Virginia, by the confluence of streams known as the Enlow Fork and the Dunkard Fork: *Enlow Fork, also known historically as "Enslow Fork,"〔 rises in Pennsylvania on the boundary of Greene and Washington Counties, and flows west-southwestwardly along that boundary into Marshall County. Enlow Fork defines the northern boundaries of Morris, Gray, and Richhill Townships in Greene County; and the southern boundaries of Morris, East Finley, and West Finley townships in Washington County. *Dunkard Fork, also known historically as "Crow Creek,"〔 is formed in Pennsylvania by the confluence of the North Fork Dunkard Fork and the South Fork Dunkard Fork in Richhill Township in Greene County, and flows northwestwardly into Marshall County. Its north and south forks each flow northwestwardly into Richhill Township; the North Fork rises in Jackson Township and flows through Ryerson Station State Park, where it is dammed to form a lake; and the South Fork rises in Aleppo Township.〔 From the confluence of the Dunkard and Enlow forks, Wheeling Creek flows northwestwardly into the city of Wheeling in Ohio County. In the Elm Grove neighborhood of Wheeling, it collects Little Wheeling Creek, which rises in Ohio County just west of the Pennsylvania state line and flows southwestwardly through the communities of Valley Grove and Triadelphia. In Triadelphia, Little Wheeling Creek collects Middle Wheeling Creek, which rises in West Finley Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania, and flows generally westwardly into southeastern Ohio County.〔〔 The National Road (U.S. Route 40) parallels Little Wheeling Creek through eastern Ohio County, and follows Wheeling Creek for part of its route through the city of Wheeling;〔 the creek is also paralleled for five miles (8 km) in Wheeling by a rail trail as part of the Wheeling Heritage Trail network.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wheeling Heritage Trail )〕 According to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, of the drained by Wheeling Creek in West Virginia, approximately 67% is forested; approximately 27% is used for agriculture; and approximately 5% is urban. 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「Wheeling Creek (West Virginia)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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