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The following is a list of lakes in Ohio. According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources , there are approximately 50,000 lakes and small ponds, with a total surface area of 200,000 acres, and among these there are 2,200 lakes of 5 acres (2.0 ha) or greater with a total surface area of 134,000 acres. [ 1 ]
The marine life of Ohio included crinoids, snails, cephalopods, brachiopods, and fishes. Trilobites were also present, but their fossils are rare. [4] By the Permian period the sea had left completely. Local bodies of water were then lakes and rivers rather than saltwater. [3] Southeastern Ohio was a swamp-covered coastal plain. [4]
The mudpuppy jaw is considered metaautostyly, like most amphibians, meaning the jaw is more stable and that the salamander has a dentary. [15] This affects their diet by limiting the flexibility of the jaw to take in larger prey. The mudpuppy has few predators which may include fish, crayfish, turtles, and water snakes. Fishermen also ...
The spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum), also known commonly as the yellow-spotted salamander, is a species of mole salamander in the family Ambystomatidae. [2] The species is native to the eastern United States and Canada. [1] It is the state amphibian of Ohio and South Carolina.
Map of the Sandusky River watershed. Paramour Creek and the smaller Allen Run joining to form the Sandusky River in Crawford County, Ohio. Along the Sandusky River below Fremont. The Sandusky River (Wyandot: saandusti; Shawnee: Potakihiipi [1]) is a tributary to Lake Erie in north-central Ohio in the United States.
Calamus Swamp is a 19-acre (0.077 km 2) public preserve located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from Circleville in Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. It has a natural kettle lake/wetland and is owned by the Columbus Audubon, the local chapter of Audubon.
Ohio has 110 lakes larger than five acres of land, with a total surface area of over 4,500 acres. Twenty-one of Ohio's 88 counties have natural lakes. Here are ten of the biggest natural lakes in ...
The Tiffin River viewed from Goll Woods State Nature Preserve. Map of the Maumee River watershed showing Tiffin River. The Tiffin River is a 54.9-mile-long (88.4 km) [1] tributary of the Maumee River in northwestern Ohio in the United States. [2] Headwater tributaries of the river rise in southeastern Michigan.