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Direct and indirect tributaries of the Ohio River in the United States. The river is formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers at Point State Park in downtown Pittsburgh . Subcategories
The Ohio River at Cairo is 281,500 cu ft/s (7,960 m 3 /s); [1] and the Mississippi River at Thebes, Illinois, which is upstream of the confluence, is 208,200 cu ft/s (5,897 m 3 /s). [66] The Ohio River flow is greater than that of the Mississippi River, so hydrologically the Ohio River is the main stream of the river system.
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.
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. All rivers in Kentucky flow to the Mississippi River, nearly all by virtue of flowing to its major tributary, the Ohio River. Also listed are some important tributaries to the few Kentucky rivers that originate in, or flow through ...
Map of the watersheds of the Great Miami River (beige) and Little Miami River (yellow). The Great Miami River (also called the Miami River) (Shawnee: Msimiyamithiipi [2]) is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 160 miles (260 km) long, [3] in southwestern Ohio and Indiana in the United States.
The Wabash is considered a tributary of the Ohio River. Until the mid-18th century, however, the Ohio was considered a tributary of the Wabash. French traders had traveled north and south from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico via the Wabash; it served as a vital trade route for North American-French trade and was the river they knew best.
The Little Kanawha River is a tributary of the Ohio River, 169 mi (269 km) long, [2] in western West Virginia in the United States. Via the Ohio, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River , draining an area of 2,320 mi 2 (6,009 km 2 ) [ 3 ] on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau .
Chartiers Creek is a tributary of the Ohio River in Western Pennsylvania in the United States. The creek was named after Peter Chartier, [6] a trapper of French and Native American parentage who established a trading post at the mouth of the creek in 1743.