Big Sandy River (Ohio River)

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Big Sandy River
Big Sandy River catchment area

Big Sandy River catchment area

Data
Water code US :  487249
location West Virginia , Kentucky (USA)
River system Mississippi River
Drain over Ohio  → Mississippi  → Gulf of Mexico
Confluence of Tug Fork and Levisa Fork
38 ° 7 ′ 5 ″  N , 82 ° 36 ′ 6 ″  W.
Source height 166  m
muzzle Ohio River near Catlettsburg Coordinates: 38 ° 25 '2 "  N , 82 ° 35' 43"  W 38 ° 25 '2 "  N , 82 ° 35' 43"  W.
Mouth height 157  m
Height difference 9 m
Bottom slope 0.21 ‰
length 43 km
Confluence with Levisa Fork River (left)

Confluence with Levisa Fork River (left)

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The Big Sandy River is a tributary of the Ohio River and runs on the border between the states of West Virginia and Kentucky .

Its length is about 43 km. The Big Sandy River arises as the confluence of the Tug Fork , which is also a border river between Kentucky and West Virginia, and the Levisa Fork , which meet between the villages of Louisa and Fort Gay. The Big Sandy River flows northward from there with numerous meanders , with the east bank belonging to Wayne County and the west bank belonging to the Counties Lawrence and Boyd , respectively . The confluence with the Ohio is at Catlettsburg .

The river is navigable along its entire length; It is mainly used to transport coal from the Appalachian mines. The name of the river indicates the numerous sand banks. The Indian names of the river, which were Tatteroa, Chatteroi and Chatterwha, had the same meaning. The Lenape Indians, on the other hand, called it Sikeacepe, which means something like "river of salt".

Name variants

The river has several designations:

  • Big Sandy Creek
  • Chatarrawa
  • Chattararawha
  • Chattaroi
  • Chatterio
  • Great Tattaroy River
  • Sandy Creek
  • Si-ke-a
  • Si-ke-a-ce-pe
  • Tateroy
  • Tatterio
  • To-ter-a
  • To-ter-as
  • To-ter-oy
  • Totteroi
  • Totteroy Creek
  • We-pe-pe-co-ne
  • We-pe-po-co-ne-ce-pe-we

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kenny, Hamill. West Virginia Place Names . Piedmont, West Virginia: The Place Name Press, 1945. The origin and meaning, including the nomenclature of the streams and mountains. p113
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Kenny, Hamill. West Virginia Place Names . Piedmont, West Virginia: The Place Name Press, 1945. The origin and meaning, including the nomenclature of the streams and mountains. p114