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A marina on the Vermilion River at the city of Vermilion. The Vermilion River is a river in northern Ohio in the United States. It is 66.9 miles (107.7 km) long [1] and is a tributary of Lake Erie, draining an area of 268 square miles (690 km 2). [2] The name alludes to the reddish clay that is the predominant local soil along its route. [3]
The Wabash tributary flows south, while the other Vermilion River flows north to the Illinois River. There are also two Little Vermilion rivers, one flowing into the Wabash River and one into the Illinois. The north-flowing Vermilion River and the south-flowing Middle Fork Vermilion River lie along a straight line connecting Oglesby and Danville.
This is a list of rivers in the continental United States by average discharge (streamflow) in cubic feet per second. All rivers with average discharge more than 15,000 cubic feet per second are listed.
Vermilion River: Louisiana, United States: Gained a reputation as the most polluted river in the United States in the 1970s. [242] [243] Improved sewage treatment, low flow streamflow augmentation, and regular in-stream trash collection have changed its public perception to that of a celebrated recreational resource. [242] River Wandle
The Vermilion River is a 74.8-mile-long (120.4 km) [2] tributary of the Illinois River in the state of Illinois, United States. [3] The river flows north, in contrast to a second Vermilion River in Illinois, which flows south to the Wabash River. The Illinois and Wabash rivers each have a tributary named the Little Vermilion River as well.
In fiscal year 2008, the USGS provided 35% of the funding for everyday operation and maintenance of gauges. [8] Additionally, USGS uses hydrographs to study streamflow in rivers. A hydrograph is a chart showing, most often, river stage (height of the water above an arbitrary altitude) and streamflow (amount of water, usually in cubic feet per ...
The Middle Fork of the Vermilion River is a tributary of the Vermilion River (Wabash River) in Illinois. The Middle Fork rises in Ford County and flows southeast to join the Vermilion near Danville. [2] In its natural state, the Middle Fork drained a large upland marsh in what is now Ford County.
A USGS gauging station on the Scioto River below O'Shaughnessy Dam near Dublin, Ohio. The USGS operates the streamgaging network for the United States, with over 7400 streamgages. Real-time streamflow data [17] are available online.