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The '''Ohio River''' is the largest tributary of the [[Mississippi River]], by volume. | The '''Ohio River''' is the largest tributary of the [[Mississippi River]], by volume. | ||
The Ohio River drains a basin of 204000 square miles.<ref name=usaceOhio1983-01/> The [[Allegheny River|Allegheny]] and [[Monongahela River|Monongahela]] rivers meet at what is now [[Pittsburgh]], to form the Ohio.<ref name=usaceNavigationHistory/> Other tributaries include the [[Green River (Ohio)|Green]], [[Cumberland River|Cumberland]], [[Tennessee River|Tennessee]] [[Beaver River (Ohio)|Beaver]], [[Muskingum River|Muskingum]], [[Scioto River|Scioto]], [[Miami River|Miami]], and [[Wabash River|Wabash]] rivers. It is | The Ohio River drains a basin of 204000 square miles.<ref name=usaceOhio1983-01/> The [[Allegheny River|Allegheny]] and [[Monongahela River|Monongahela]] rivers meet at what is now [[Pittsburgh]], to form the Ohio.<ref name=usaceNavigationHistory/> Other tributaries include the [[Green River (Ohio)|Green]], [[Cumberland River|Cumberland]], [[Tennessee River|Tennessee]] [[Beaver River (Ohio)|Beaver]], [[Muskingum River|Muskingum]], [[Scioto River|Scioto]], [[Miami River|Miami]], and [[Wabash River|Wabash]] rivers. It is 981 miles from Pittsburgh to where the river empties into the Mississippi, at [[Cairo, Illinois]]. | ||
Before engineers built locks, and dredged shallow reaches, the river's average speed was five miles per hour.<ref name=usaceNavigationHistory/> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 17:31, 15 March 2021
The Ohio River is the largest tributary of the Mississippi River, by volume.
The Ohio River drains a basin of 204000 square miles.[1] The Allegheny and Monongahela rivers meet at what is now Pittsburgh, to form the Ohio.[2] Other tributaries include the Green, Cumberland, Tennessee Beaver, Muskingum, Scioto, Miami, and Wabash rivers. It is 981 miles from Pittsburgh to where the river empties into the Mississippi, at Cairo, Illinois.
Before engineers built locks, and dredged shallow reaches, the river's average speed was five miles per hour.[2]
References
- ↑ Michael C. Robinson (January 1983). History of Navigation in the Ohio River Basin. US Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved on 2021-03-15.