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The Ohio River is a 981-mile-long (1,579 km) river in the United States. It is located at the boundary of the Midwestern and Southern United States, flowing in a southwesterly direction from western Pennsylvania to its mouth on the Mississippi River at the southern tip of Illinois.
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Ohio River Watershed. The Ohio River is 981 miles long, starting at the confluence of the Allegheny and the Monongahela Rivers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and ending in Cairo, Illinois, where it flows into the Mississippi River. The Ohio River flows through or borders six states: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
The Ohio River tributaries (north) watershed is located in northeastern Ohio. It drains a total of 640 square miles and flows through all or part of five counties. Major municipalities partially or fully in the watershed include Calcutta, Salem, and Columbiana.
An environmental non-profit that protects and improves the Ohio River and its watershed through advocacy, habitat restoration, school education, and youth programs.
Ohio River Watershed. The picture becomes more complicated as you scale it up and consider the fact that the Ohio River is 981 miles long, starting at the confluence of the Allegheny and the Monongahela Rivers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and ending in Cairo, Illinois, where it flows into the Mississippi River.
Ohio River, major river artery of the east-central United States. Formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers at Pittsburgh, it flows northwest out of Pennsylvania, then in a general southwesterly direction to join the Mississippi River at Cairo, Illinois (see photograph), after a course of 981 miles (1,579 km).
Good River is a series about the environment, economy and culture of the Ohio River watershed, produced by seven nonprofit newsrooms spanning five of the 15 watershed states. To learn more about the project, read here.
The Ohio River is part of the Mississippi River watershed, which is the third largest in the world, covering about 1,245,000 square miles. It is a major route for migratory birds, serving as a critical corridor for species traveling between Canada and the Gulf of Mexico.
One of the most polluted watersheds in the U.S., the Ohio River basin has endured a sordid history of industrial fallout. A new effort—to restore the ecosystem, boost the economy and confront environmental injustices—sounds like an order as tall as the river is wide.