A is for Allegheny, as any Pittsburgher would guess, all 325 miles of this winding river’s course. The name, bestowed by Native peoples whose interactions with the waterway go back many centuries, translates to something akin to “fair waters.” From a headspring on a Potter County hillside in northwestern Pennsylvania, the Allegheny gathers enough water from a small section of western New York and a large portion of Western Pennsylvania to conclude her run at Pittsburgh’s Point with flow averaging 2 billion gallons a day.

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