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
Watershed is a hydrological term, which has been adopted in other fields in a more or less figurative sense. It may refer to:
Hydrology
* Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
* Drainage basin, called a "watershe ...
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
U.S. Route 219 (US 219) is a spur of US 19. It runs for from West Seneca, New York, at an interchange with Interstate 90 (I-90) to Rich Creek, Virginia, intersecting at US 460. US 219 is found (from north to south) in New York, Pennsylvania, ...
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.
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See also
* List of rivers of West Virginia
References
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Rivers of West Virginia
Rivers of Randolph County, West Virginia