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Excerpts from the report: The Monongahela River is formed by the confluence of the West Fork River and Tygart Valley River at Fairmont in Marlon County. The drainage area of the basin totals 7,340 square miles, with about 57 percent, or approximately 4,150 square miles in West Virginia, and the remaining 3,190 square miles In Pennsylvania and Maryland. The Cheat River Is the principal tributary of the Monongahela River in West Virginia. For purposes of this report, the term Monongahela River Basin area (2,624,000 acres) refers to that portion of the basin made up of 55 upstream watersheds mainly In West Virginia. The basin defined above is a little over 90 miles long and 70 miles wide. It includes all of Marion, Harrison, Taylor, Tucker, and Barbour Counties and parts of Upshur (82 percent), Randolph (92 percent), Lewis (64 percent), Preston (89 percent), Monongalia (70 percent), Pocahontas (3 percent), and Fayette Counties (Pennsylvania) (12 percent). Objectives of USDA participation in this study include identification of water and related land resource projects and individual measures which will provide a means of solving special problems, improving economic opportunity, improving the environment, and aid in slowing or reversing the trend of population decline. This report provides the framework into which programs and projects for resource development can be fitted, with minimal adverse effects to the environment. A total of 55 upstream watersheds have been investigated and the results are included within this report.