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The inland and intracoastal waterways of the eastern United States. The inland waterways of the United States include more than 25,000 mi (40,000 km) of navigable waters. Much of the commercially important waterways of the United States consist of the Mississippi River System —the Mississippi River and connecting waterways.
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Indiana. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).
Overview. Indiana is bordered on the north by Lake Michigan and the state of Michigan; on the east by Ohio; on the south by Kentucky, with which it shares the Ohio River as a border; and on the west by Illinois. Indiana is one of the Great Lakes states. The northern boundary of the states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois was originally defined to ...
The Cabin Creek Raised Bog is an elevated fen, a peat-forming wetland characterized by alkaline water and soil. Its hydrology comes from artesian seeping water, rather than running water. It is rich in the living species adapted to fen life, many of which are rare or even endangered species because most of the fenlands of the United States have ...
The Markland Locks and Dam is a concrete dam bridge and locks that span the Ohio River.It is 1395 feet (425.2 m) long, and connects Gallatin County, Kentucky, and Switzerland County, Indiana.
The Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal is an artificial waterway on the southwest shore of Lake Michigan, in East Chicago, Indiana, which connects the Grand Calumet River to Lake Michigan. It consists of two branch canals, the 1.25 miles (2.01 km) Lake George Branch and the 2 miles (3.2 km) long Grand Calumet River Branch which join to form the main ...
The Miami soil series is the state soil of Indiana . The less sloping Miami soils are used mainly for corn, soybeans, or winter wheat. The steeper areas are used as pasture, hayland, or woodland. Significant area has been converted to residential and commercial uses. There are 794,994 acres (3,217 km 2) of Miami soils mapped in Indiana.
S. Springs of Indiana (4 P) Categories: Landforms of Indiana. Bodies of water of the United States by state. Water in Indiana.