Bentley Run
Stream in Pennsylvania, USA
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Bentley Run is a 1.2 mi (1.9 km) long 2nd order tributary to South Branch French Creek in Erie County, Pennsylvania.
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyErie
Sourcedivide between Alder Run, Bentley Run and Pine Run
| Bentley Run Tributary to South Branch French Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of the mouth of Bentley Run  Bentley Run (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Erie |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Alder Run, Bentley Run and Pine Run |
| • location | just upstream of Union City Reservoir, about 1.0 mile northeast of Union City, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 41°55′51″N 079°47′39″W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,520 ft (460 m)[2] |
| Mouth | South Branch French Creek |
• location | Union City, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 41°53′50″N 079°50′12″W[1] |
• elevation | 1,266 ft (386 m)[1] |
| Length | 1.2 mi (1.9 km)[3] |
Basin size | 4.1 square miles (11 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Union City, Pennsylvania |
| • average | 8.09 cu ft/s (0.229 m3/s) at mouth with South Branch French Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | South Branch French Creek → French Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River system | Allegheny River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Waterbodies | Union City Reservoir |
| Bridges | Hoyt Road, US 6, Bridge Street, Willow Street |
Course
Bentley Run rises in Union Township of southern Erie County, Pennsylvania and flows southwest towards Union City, Pennsylvania.
Watershed
Bentley Run drains 4.1 square miles of Erie Drift Plain (glacial geology). The watershed receives an average of 46.4 in/year of precipitation.[5]
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