Beaver Run (Chillisquaque Creek)
| Beaver Run | |
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Beaver Run looking downstream
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Main source | pond in a valley on Montour Ridge in Liberty Township, Montour County, Pennsylvania between 900 and 920 feet (270 and 280 m) |
| River mouth | Chillisquaque Creek in East Chillisqaque Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania 466 ft (142 m) 40°59′14″N 76°46′43″W / 40.98725°N 76.77873°WCoordinates: 40°59′14″N 76°46′43″W / 40.98725°N 76.77873°W |
| Length | 6.2 mi (10.0 km) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Chillisquaque Creek → West Branch Susquehanna River |
| Basin size | 12.0 sq mi (31 km2) |
Beaver Run is a tributary of Chillisquaque Creek in Montour County and Northumberland County, in Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 6.2 miles (10.0 km) long and flows through Liberty Township in Montour County and East Chillisquaque Township in Northumberland County. The watershed of the stream has an area of 12.0 square miles (31 km2). Reaches of the stream are designated as impaired due to siltation caused by agriculture. Numerous bridges have been constructed across it and it lacks a riparian buffer in some reaches.
Beaver Run begins in a pond in a valley on Montour Ridge in Liberty Township, Montour County. It flows west-southwest for about a mile before turning northwest, leaving behind Montour Ridge and entering a much larger valley. The stream eventually turns north and then northeast for a few tenths of a mile before turning northwest again. Some distance after crossing Pennsylvania Route 45, it begins meandering west-southwest for several tenths of a mile before turning northwest. After several tenths of a mile, the stream turns west-southwest. Several tenths of a mile further downstream, it leaves Montour County and enters East Chillisquaque Township, Northumberland County. It almost immediately reaches its confluence with Chillisquaque Creek.
Beaver Run joins Chillisquaque Creek 7.8 miles (12.6 km) upstream of its mouth.
The elevation near the mouth of Beaver Run is 466 feet (142 m) above sea level. The elevation of the stream's source is between 900 and 920 feet (270 and 280 m) above sea level.
The channel of Beaver Run (along with those of Chillisquaque Creek, Mauses Creek, and Kase Run) is partially created by Limestone Ridge and a range of hills running in an east-west direction through the central part of Montour County. To the south, the drainage basin of the stream is marked by Montour Ridge.
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