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The Kiskiminetas River (affectionately called the Kiski for short) is a tributary of the Allegheny River, approximately 27 mi (43 km) long, in western Pennsylvania in the United States. The name comes from a Native American phrase Kithanne, meaning "Place of the largest stream."
It is formed at Saltsburg, on the border between Westmoreland and Indiana counties, by the confluence of the Conemaugh River and Loyalhanna Creek. It flows northwest in a meandering course, past Avonmore, Apollo, and Leechburg It joins the Allegheny near Freeport, approximately 25 mi (40 km) northeast of Pittsburgh.
The Kiski-Conemaugh wateshed includes much of the historic coal-producing region of western Pennsylvania. The water quality is considered degraded by numerous abandoned mine drainages in its upper reaches and tributaries, leading to on-going efforts by federal, state, and private agencies to improve the water quality of the river.
The Kittanning Path, a major trail in the region used by Native American and early European settlers, crossed the river at a ford near present-day Leechburg.
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