Wabash River
| Wabash River | ||
 Course of the Wabash River |
||
| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 449850 | |
| location | Illinois , Indiana , Ohio (USA) | |
| River system | Mississippi River | |
| Drain over | Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico | |
| source | at St. Henry in Mercer County, Ohio 40 ° 21 ′ 7 ″ N , 84 ° 45 ′ 57 ″ W. |
|
| muzzle | in the Ohio River at Uniontown, KY Coordinates: 37 ° 47 '53 " N , 88 ° 1' 38" W 37 ° 47 '53 " N , 88 ° 1' 38" W. |
|
| Mouth height |
99 m
|
|
| length | 765 km | |
| Catchment area | 85,340 km² | |
| Discharge at the New Harmony A Eo gauge: 75,683 km² |
MQ 2012/2015 Mq 2012/2015 |
991 m³ / s 13.1 l / (s km²) |
| Left tributaries | White River , Big Raccoon Creek , Sugar Creek , Wildcat Creek , Mississinewa River , Salamonie River , Patoka River | |
| Right tributaries | Eel River , Embarras River , Little Wabash River , Tippecanoe River , Vermilion River | |
| Medium-sized cities | Lafayette, IN , Terre Haute | |
 Wabash River at Lafayette, IN |
||
The Wabash River is a 765 km long tributary of the Ohio River and the largest tributary of the Ohio on the north side.
It rises near St. Henry, OH in the northwest of the state of Ohio and soon after runs across Indiana . South of Terre Haute , it forms the border between Indiana and Illinois . Its major tributaries are the Tippecanoe River and the White River , both in Indiana. The Little Wabash River and the Embarras River from Illinois are also tributaries of the Wabash River.
The Wabash River is the official "state river" of Indiana and is also mentioned in the state song On the banks of the Wabash, far away by Paul Dresser . The Wabash Railroad is named after the river , which in turn gave its name to the train (and the corresponding song) Wabash Cannonball . Because it has a very long stretch of dam-free stretch (661 kilometers, from Huntington, IN to its mouth), it is also interesting as an angling area for typical North American fish such as catfish , pikeperch and carp . It also has the longest stretch of dam-free river east of the Mississippi River .
The Wabash flows through the active earthquake area Wabash Valley seismic zone .
Map of the New Madrid and Wabash earthquake area
The Wabash River at New Harmony . Detail from the painting Cutoff River Arm des Wabash by Karl Bodmer .
Web links
- Official site for the Wabash River. It is connected to Google Earth.
- The Wabash River Heritage Corridor Commission
- Wabash River in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
Individual evidence
- ↑ USGS - GNIS - Wabash River
- ↑ USGS 03378500 WABASH RIVER AT NEW HARMONY, IN . USGS. Retrieved August 2, 2017.