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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.
This is a list of locks and dams of the Ohio River, which begins at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers at The Point in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and ends at the confluence of the Ohio River and the Mississippi River, in Cairo, Illinois. A map and diagram of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operated locks and dams on the Ohio River.
Updated maps from Williamson County show an increase of 6,000 structures in the 100-year flood plains. The last information available was from 1994.
Map of the Tennessee Watershed. The Tennessee Valley Divide is the boundary of the drainage basin of the Tennessee River and its tributaries.. The Tennessee River drainage basin begins with its tributaries in southwestern Virginia and flows generally west to the confluence of the Tennessee with the Ohio River at Paducah, Kentucky.
As cleanup efforts continue in the wake of deadly and catastrophic flooding that struck Kentucky in late July, leaving many without power or running water, rounds of downpours are expected to move ...
The weather service's Wilmington office forecasts minor flooding from the Ohio River. The warning is in effect from Sunday morning to 2 a.m. on Tuesday. According to weather service data, the ...
Downtown Huntington, West Virginia, during the Great Flood of 1937. The Ohio River flood of 1937 took place in late January and February 1937. With damage stretching from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Illinois, 385 people died, one million people were left homeless and property losses reached $500 million ($10.2 billion when adjusted for inflation as of September 2022).
Image Crossing Carries Location Opened Coordinates Cairo Ohio River Bridge: US 51 / US 60 / US 62: Cairo and Wickliffe: 1937 Cairo Rail Bridge: Canadian National Railway: Cairo and Wickliffe