A prominently east-west running river, the Ohio River runs for nearly 1,000 miles and is the Mississippi River's largest tributary, meaning it does not directly connect with an ocean.
Ohio River Path
The river starts in the east and Pittsburgh and forms the border of southern Ohio and north-western West Virginia. The river turns north-west at the corners of Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky. It continues west across southern Indiana and runs into the Mississippi River at the southern tip of Illinois.
Cities on the River
Though Pittsburgh is the largest metropolitan area adjacent to the river, Louisville, Kentucky, sits at the river's deepest and widest points, where it is nearly a mile wide. Since 1988, Cincinnati has held an annual festival called Tall Stacks, which celebrates the city's riverboats and Ohio River heritage.
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Ohio River History and Background
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981 miles long
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Watershed covers 189,422 square miles in 14 [United States|states]]
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Divided free and slave states during the Civil War
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Major transportation route in the expansion of the west
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Home of the world record blue catfish, at 104 pounds
