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The state takes its name from the Ohio River, whose name in turn originated from the Seneca word ohiːyo', meaning "good river", "great river" or "large creek". [1] The Ohio River forms its southern border, though nearly all of the river itself belongs to Kentucky and West Virginia. Significant rivers within the state include the Cuyahoga River ...
Though it flows through Indiana and is Indiana’s state river, the Wabash River starts in Ohio. This 503-mile river flows from Ohio to Indiana, and ends in Illinois, draining into the Ohio River ...
Ohio River: 53 Clearwater River: 75: 120: 15,300 [23] 430 m 3 /s Snake River: 54 ... List of longest rivers in the United States by state; List of rivers by discharge ...
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Map of the Scioto River watershed. The Scioto River (/ s aɪ ˈ oʊ t ə / sy-OH-tə) is a river in central and southern Ohio more than 231 miles (372 km) in length. [4] It rises in Hardin County just north of Roundhead, Ohio, flows through Columbus, Ohio, where it collects its largest tributary, the Olentangy River, flows south into Appalachian Ohio, and meets the Ohio River at Portsmouth.
The Olentangy River rises in Morrow County approximately 2 mi (3.2 km) southeast of Galion, near Blooming Grove, flowing through Galion and northwest towards Bucyrus, where it then turns south and flows through Eastern Marion County, Ohio (where it is still locally known as the Whetstone River) before flowing south into Delaware County.
The Muskingum River (/ m ə ˈ s k ɪ ŋ (ɡ) ə m / mə-SKING-(g)əm; Shawnee: Wakatamothiipi) [4] is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 111 miles (179 km) long, in southeastern Ohio in the United States. An important commercial route in the 19th century, it flows generally southward through the eastern hill country of Ohio. Via the ...
The Cuyahoga River [7] (/ ˌ k aɪ. ə ˈ h ɒ ɡ ə / KY-ə-HOG-ə or / ˌ k aɪ. ə ˈ h oʊ ɡ ə / KY-ə-HOH-gə) [8] [9] is a river located in Northeast Ohio that bisects the City of Cleveland and feeds into Lake Erie.