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==Geography== Lower Burrell is located at {{coord|40|35|2|N|79|43|19|W|type:city}} (40.583966, -79.721948).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|11.8|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|11.6|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.3|sqmi|km2}} (2.28%) is water. Informally, the city is divided into different neighborhoods and areas including Bon Air, Braeburn, Braeburn Heights, Central City, Edgecliff, Gladeview, Indian Fields I & II and Kinloch. Lower Burrell's central Business District overlaps Bon Air-Central City-Gladeview neighborhoods. Lower Burrell is located in the [[Appalachian Plateau]], the western portion of the Appalachian Mountain range. The landscape varies greatly, with large swaths of flat land (typically in Bon Air, Central City and Gladeview) to areas with gentle slopes, and even steep cliffs and hillsides in certain areas. The city is bounded on the north and southwestern corner by the [[Allegheny River]]. [[Jacks Island (Pennsylvania)|Jacks Island]], a river island approximately {{convert|0.96|km|mi|abbr=on}} in length, is located near the Braeburn neighborhood. ===Streams=== * [[Pucketa Creek]] joins the Allegheny River where the creek forms the boundary between both the city of Lower Burrell and the borough of [[Plum, Pennsylvania|Plum]].<ref name="GNIS 1">{{Cite gnis|id=1184482|name=Pucketa Creek|access-date=2009-12-02}}</ref> * [[Little Pucketa Creek]] joins Pucketa Creek at Lower Burrell.<ref name="GNIS 2">{{Cite gnis|id=1179652|name=Little Pucketa Creek|access-date=2009-12-02}}</ref> * [[Chartiers Run (Allegheny River)|Chartiers Run]] joins the Allegheny River at Lower Burrell.<ref name="GNIS 3">{{Cite gnis|id=1171602|name=Chartiers Run|access-date=2009-12-02}}</ref>
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