The Monongahela River ( /məˌnɒnɡəˈhiːlə/) — often referred to locally as the Mon (/ˈmɒn/) — is a 130-mile-long (210 km) river on the Allegheny Plateau in north-central West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania. The Monongahela joins the Allegheny River to form the Ohio River at Pittsburgh.
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