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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 ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... Pages in category "Rivers of Ohio" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of ...
These are the 10 longest rivers in Ohio. 1. Ohio River—981 miles. The Ohio River is the longest in Ohio. This river flows as long as 981 miles from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Illinois ...
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 Ohio water resource region is one of 21 major geographic areas, or regions, in the first level of classification used by the United States Geological Survey to divide and sub-divide the United States into successively smaller hydrologic units. These geographic areas contain either the drainage area of a major river, or the combined drainage ...
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 Tuscarawas River is a principal tributary of the Muskingum River, 129.9 miles (209 km) long, in northeastern Ohio in the United States.Via the Muskingum and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 2,590 square miles (6,700 km 2) on glaciated and unglaciated portions of the Allegheny Plateau.
The Clear Fork is a principal tributary of the Mohican River, 36.6 miles (58.9 km) long, [3] in north central Ohio in the United States. Via the Mohican, Walhonding , Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River , draining an area of 219 square miles (570 km 2 ). [ 3 ]