Monongahela River Valley
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The Monongahela River Valley is a region in the Appalachian Plateau of the eastern United States characterized by the Monongahela River and its surrounding industrial, coal-mining, and rural communities in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Monongahela River Valley canonical | 16 |
| Monongahela Valley | 8 |
| Monongahela River basin | 4 |
| Monongahela River valley | 3 |
| Monongahela River industrial region | 1 |
| Monongahela River valley area | 1 |
| Monongahela River watershed | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural region
ⓘ
geographic region ⓘ river valley ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
coal-mining communities
ⓘ
industrial communities ⓘ rural communities ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| drainageBasinOf | Monongahela River ⓘ |
| follows | Monongahela River ⓘ |
| hasClimate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
energy production ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalIssue |
abandoned mine lands
ⓘ
water pollution from industry ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalActivity |
early American industrialization
ⓘ
river-based trade ⓘ |
| hasLandform |
river terraces
ⓘ
steep hillsides ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
farmland
ⓘ
industrial land ⓘ residential areas ⓘ |
| hasNaturalResource | bituminous coal ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryRiver | Monongahela River ⓘ |
| hasRecreation |
boating
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ hiking ⓘ |
| hasTransportationInfrastructure |
highways
ⓘ
rail lines ⓘ river navigation system ⓘ |
| hasUrbanCenter |
Brownsville, Pennsylvania
ⓘ
Charleroi, Pennsylvania ⓘ McKeesport ⓘ
surface form:
McKeesport, Pennsylvania
Monessen ⓘ
surface form:
Monessen, Pennsylvania
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Morgantown, West Virginia
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Uniontown, Pennsylvania
|
| influencedBy | Appalachian culture ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coal mining
ⓘ
river transportation ⓘ steel-related industry ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Appalachian Plateau
ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ West Virginia ⓘ Eastern United States ⓘ
surface form:
eastern United States
|
| partOf |
Appalachia
ⓘ
surface form:
Appalachian region
Ohio River basin ⓘ
surface form:
Ohio River watershed
|
| passesThrough |
northern West Virginia
ⓘ
Southwestern Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form:
southwestern Pennsylvania
|
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Monongahela River basin
this entity surface form:
Monongahela Valley
this entity surface form:
Monongahela Valley
this entity surface form:
Monongahela River industrial region
this entity surface form:
Monongahela River valley
this entity surface form:
Monongahela Valley
this entity surface form:
Monongahela Valley
this entity surface form:
Monongahela Valley
this entity surface form:
Monongahela Valley
this entity surface form:
Monongahela River valley
this entity surface form:
Monongahela River watershed
subject surface form:
Munhall, Pennsylvania
subject surface form:
Munhall, Pennsylvania
this entity surface form:
Monongahela River basin
this entity surface form:
Monongahela River basin
this entity surface form:
Monongahela Valley
this entity surface form:
Monongahela River valley area
this entity surface form:
Monongahela Valley
this entity surface form:
Monongahela River basin
this entity surface form:
Monongahela River valley