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The Maumee was designated an Ohio State Scenic River on July 18, 1974. The Maumee watershed is Ohio's breadbasket; it is two-thirds farmland, mostly corn and soybeans. It is the largest watershed of any of the rivers feeding the Great Lakes, [5] and supplies five percent of Lake Erie's water. [6]
Map of the Muskingum River watershed Aerial view of the Ohio and Muskingum Rivers at Marietta, Ohio. The Muskingum River (/ m ə ˈ s k ɪ ŋ (ɡ) ə m / mə-SKING-(g)əm; Shawnee: Wakatamothiipi) [4] is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 111 miles (179 km) long, in southeastern Ohio in the United States. An important commercial route ...
The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD) is a political subdivision of the State of Ohio organized in 1933 to develop and implement a plan for flood reduction and water conservation in the Muskingum River watershed, the state's largest wholly contained watershed, covering more than 8,000 square miles (21,000 km 2). Since the original ...
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.
Map of Paint Creek highlighted within the Scioto River watershed. Paint Creek is a tributary of the Scioto River, 94.7 miles (152.4 km) long, [4] in south-central Ohio in the United States. [5] Via the Scioto and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. It drains an area of 1,143 square miles (2,960 km 2). [4]
Sugar Creek is a tributary of the Tuscarawas River in northeastern Ohio in the United States.It is 45 miles (72 km) long. Via the Tuscarawas, Muskingum, and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 356 square miles (922 km 2) on glaciated and unglaciated portions of the Allegheny Plateau.
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 ...
Map of the Walhonding watershed showing Killbuck Creek A bridge over the creek near its headwaters west of Creston. Killbuck Creek is a tributary of the Walhonding River, [1] 81.7 mi (131.5 km) long, [2] in north-central Ohio in the United States. Via the Walhonding, Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi ...