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Ohio River

Index Ohio River

The Ohio River, which streams westward from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Illinois, is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River in the United States. [1]

310 relations: Aberdeen, Ohio, Alabama, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, Allegany Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny River, Ambridge, Pennsylvania, American Civil War, Angel Mounds, Appalachian Mountains, Arkansas, Ashland, Kentucky, Augusta, Kentucky, Aurora, Indiana, Baden, Pennsylvania, Ballard County, Kentucky, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Beaver River (Pennsylvania), Beaver, Pennsylvania, Bellaire, Ohio, Belleview, Kentucky, Bellevue, Kentucky, Bellevue, Pennsylvania, Beloved (novel), Belpre, Ohio, Big Bone, Kentucky, Big Sandy River (Ohio River tributary), Border states (American Civil War), Brandenburg, Kentucky, Brookport, Illinois, Cache River (Illinois), Cairo, Illinois, Canada, Cannelton Locks and Dam, Cannelton, Indiana, Carl Perkins Bridge, Carrollton, Kentucky, Cartography, Cave-in-Rock State Park, Cave-In-Rock, Illinois, Center Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Chartiers Creek, Chester, West Virginia, Chiefdom, Cincinnati, Cincinnati metropolitan area, Clarksville, Indiana, Coal, Conasauga River, Concord, Kentucky, ..., Confluence, Constance, Kentucky, Conway, Pennsylvania, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, Covington, Kentucky, Cumberland River, Cumberland, Maryland, Dam, Dan Emmett, Dayton, Kentucky, Deep South, Downtown Louisville, Drainage basin, Duck Creek (Ohio), DuPont, Earthworks (archaeology), East Coast of the United States, East Liverpool, Ohio, Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, Edgeworth, Pennsylvania, Elizabethtown, Illinois, European Americans, Evansville, Indiana, Evansville, Indiana, metropolitan area, Fairmont, West Virginia, Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area, Fort Pitt (Pennsylvania), Fort Thomas, Kentucky, Freedom, Pennsylvania, French Canadians, Gallipolis, Ohio, Geography of the United States, Georgia (U.S. state), Ghent, Kentucky, Glacier, Golconda, Illinois, Great Lakes, Great Miami River, Greater Pittsburgh Region, Green River (Kentucky), Greenup Lock and Dam, Greenup, Kentucky, Gulf of Mexico, Guyandotte River, Hamilton, Kentucky, Hannibal Locks and Dam, Harrah's Metropolis, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Hawesville, Kentucky, Henderson, Kentucky, Hocking River, Hockingport, Ohio, Humid continental climate, Humid subtropical climate, Huntington, West Virginia, Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area, Illinois, Indian Territory, Indiana, Ironton, Ohio, Iroquoian languages, Iroquois, Italy, Jackson Purchase, Jeffersonville, Indiana, Jordan River, Kanawha River, Karl Bodmer, Kaw people, Keelboat, Kenova, West Virginia, Kentucky, Kentucky River, La Salle expeditions, Lawrenceburg, Indiana, Leetsdale, Pennsylvania, Lewisport, Kentucky, Licking River (Kentucky), Limestone, List of crossings of the Ohio River, List of islands of the Midwestern United States, List of islands of West Virginia, List of locks and dams of the Ohio River, List of longest rivers of the United States (by main stem), List of rivers of Indiana, List of rivers of Kentucky, List of 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Aberdeen, Ohio

Aberdeen is a village in Huntington Township, Brown County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River.

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Alabama

Alabama is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

Aliquippa is a city in Beaver County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, located on the Ohio River in the western portions of the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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Allegany Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania

Allegany Township is a township in Potter County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Allegheny County is a county in the southwest of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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Allegheny River

The Allegheny River is a principal tributary of the Ohio River; it is located in the Eastern United States.

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Ambridge, Pennsylvania

Ambridge is a borough in Beaver County in Western Pennsylvania, incorporated in 1905 and named after the American Bridge Company.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Angel Mounds

Angel Mounds State Historic Site (12 VG 1) is located on the Ohio River in Vanderburgh and Warrick counties in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Indiana.

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Appalachian Mountains

The Appalachian Mountains (les Appalaches), often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern North America.

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Arkansas

Arkansas is a state in the southeastern region of the United States, home to over 3 million people as of 2017.

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Ashland, Kentucky

Ashland is a home rule-class city in Boyd County, Kentucky, in the United States.

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Augusta, Kentucky

Augusta is a home rule-class city in Bracken County, Kentucky, in the United States.

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Aurora, Indiana

Aurora is a city in Center Township, Dearborn County, Indiana, United States.

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Baden, Pennsylvania

Baden is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, along the Ohio River.

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Ballard County, Kentucky

Ballard County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky.

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Beaver County, Pennsylvania

Beaver County is a county in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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Beaver River (Pennsylvania)

The Beaver River is a tributary of the Ohio River in Western Pennsylvania in the United States with a length of approximately 21 mi (34 km).

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Beaver, Pennsylvania

Beaver is a borough in and the county seat of Beaver County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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Bellaire, Ohio

Bellaire is a village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States.

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Belleview, Kentucky

Belleview is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Boone County, Kentucky, United States.

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Bellevue, Kentucky

Bellevue is a home rule-class city in Campbell County, Kentucky, in the United States.

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Bellevue, Pennsylvania

Bellevue is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, along the Ohio River, adjoining Pittsburgh.

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Beloved (novel)

Beloved is a 1987 novel by the American writer Toni Morrison.

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Belpre, Ohio

Belpre is a city in Washington County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River.

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Big Bone, Kentucky

Big Bone is an unincorporated community in southern Boone County, Kentucky, United States.

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Big Sandy River (Ohio River tributary)

The Big Sandy River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey.

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Border states (American Civil War)

In the context of the American Civil War (1861–65), the border states were slave states that did not declare a secession from the Union and did not join the Confederacy.

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Brandenburg, Kentucky

Brandenburg is a home rule-class city on the Ohio River in Meade County, Kentucky, in the United States.

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Brookport, Illinois

Brookport is a city in Massac County, Illinois, United States.

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Cache River (Illinois)

The Cache River is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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Cairo, Illinois

Cairo is the southernmost city in the U.S. state of Illinois, and is the county seat of Alexander County.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Cannelton Locks and Dam

The Cannelton Locks and Dam is a concrete fixed weir dam with two locks on the Ohio River, on the border between the U.S. states of Indiana and Kentucky.

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Cannelton, Indiana

Cannelton is a city in Troy Township, Perry County, in the U.S. state of Indiana, along the Ohio River.

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Carl Perkins Bridge

The Carl D. Perkins Bridge is a cantilever bridge that spans the Ohio River between Washington Township, Scioto County, Ohio and Greenup County, Kentucky.

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Carrollton, Kentucky

Carrollton is a home rule-class city in—and the county seat of—Carroll County, Kentucky, United States, at the confluence of the Ohio and Kentucky rivers.

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Cartography

Cartography (from Greek χάρτης chartēs, "papyrus, sheet of paper, map"; and γράφειν graphein, "write") is the study and practice of making maps.

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Cave-in-Rock State Park

Cave-In-Rock State Park is an Illinois state park, on 240 acres, in the town of Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois in the United States.

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Cave-In-Rock, Illinois

Cave-In-Rock is a village in Hardin County, Illinois, United States.

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Center Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania

Center Township is a township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Chartiers Creek

Chartiers Creek is a tributary of the Ohio River in Western Pennsylvania in the United States.

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Chester, West Virginia

Chester is a city in Hancock County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River.

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Chiefdom

A chiefdom is a form of hierarchical political organization in non-industrial societies usually based on kinship, and in which formal leadership is monopolized by the legitimate senior members of select families or 'houses'.

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Cincinnati

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Cincinnati metropolitan area

The Cincinnati metropolitan area, informally known as Greater Cincinnati, is a metropolitan area that includes counties in the U.S. states of Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana around the Ohio city of Cincinnati.

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Clarksville, Indiana

Clarksville is a town in Clark County, Indiana, United States, along the Ohio River and is a part of the Louisville Metropolitan area.

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Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams.

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Conasauga River

The Conasauga River is a river that runs through southeast Tennessee and northwest Georgia.

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Concord, Kentucky

Concord is a home rule-class city in Lewis County, Kentucky, in the United States.

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Confluence

In geography, a confluence (also: conflux) occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join together to form a single channel.

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Constance, Kentucky

Constance is an unincorporated community in Boone County, Kentucky, United States.

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Conway, Pennsylvania

Conway is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, located along the Ohio River.

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Coraopolis, Pennsylvania

Coraopolis is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Covington, Kentucky

Covington is a city in Kenton County, Kentucky, located at the confluence of the Ohio and Licking Rivers.

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Cumberland River

The Cumberland River is a major waterway of the Southern United States.

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Cumberland, Maryland

Cumberland is a city in and the county seat of Allegany County, Maryland, United States.

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Dam

A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of water or underground streams.

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Dan Emmett

Daniel Decatur "Dan" Emmett (October 29, 1815 – June 28, 1904) was an American songwriter, entertainer, and founder of the first troupe of the blackface minstrel tradition, the Virginia Minstrels.

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Dayton, Kentucky

Dayton is a home rule-class city along a bend of the Ohio River in Campbell County, Kentucky, in the United States.

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Deep South

The Deep South is a cultural and geographic subregion in the Southern United States.

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Downtown Louisville

Downtown Louisville is the largest central business district in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the urban hub of the Louisville, Kentucky Metropolitan Area.

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Drainage basin

A drainage basin is any area of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet, such as into a river, bay, or other body of water.

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Duck Creek (Ohio)

Duck Creek is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 30 mi (50 km) long, in southeastern Ohio in the United States.

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DuPont

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Earthworks (archaeology)

In archaeology, earthworks are artificial changes in land level, typically made from piles of artificially placed or sculpted rocks and soil.

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East Coast of the United States

The East Coast of the United States is the coastline along which the Eastern United States meets the North Atlantic Ocean.

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East Liverpool, Ohio

East Liverpool is a city in Columbiana County, Ohio, United States.

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Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia

The Eastern Panhandle is the eastern of the two panhandles in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

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Edgeworth, Pennsylvania

Edgeworth is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, along the Ohio River approximately 14 miles (22.5 km) northwest of Pittsburgh.

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Elizabethtown, Illinois

Elizabethtown is a village in Hardin County, Illinois, United States, along the Ohio River.

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European Americans

European Americans (also referred to as Euro-Americans) are Americans of European ancestry.

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Evansville, Indiana

Evansville is a city and the county seat of Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States.

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Evansville, Indiana, metropolitan area

The Evansville metropolitan area is the 142nd largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the United States.

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Fairmont, West Virginia

Fairmont is a city in Marion County, West Virginia, United States.

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Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area

The Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area is a national, bi-state area on the Ohio River near Louisville, Kentucky in the United States, administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

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Fort Pitt (Pennsylvania)

Fort Pitt was a fort built by British colonists during the Seven Years' War at the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers, where the Ohio River is formed in western Pennsylvania (modern day Pittsburgh).

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Fort Thomas, Kentucky

Fort Thomas is a home rule-class city in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States, on the southern bank of the Ohio River and the site of an 1890 US Army post.

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Freedom, Pennsylvania

Freedom is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Ohio River northwest of Pittsburgh.

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French Canadians

French Canadians (also referred to as Franco-Canadians or Canadiens; Canadien(ne)s français(es)) are an ethnic group who trace their ancestry to French colonists who settled in Canada from the 17th century onward.

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Gallipolis, Ohio

Gallipolis is a chartered village in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Gallia County.

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Geography of the United States

The term "United States", when used in the geographical sense, is the contiguous United States, the state of Alaska, the island state of Hawaii, the five insular territories of Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, and minor outlying possessions.

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States.

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Ghent, Kentucky

Ghent is a home rule-class city along the south bank of the Ohio River in Carroll County, Kentucky, in the United States.

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Glacier

A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight; it forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation (melting and sublimation) over many years, often centuries.

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Golconda, Illinois

Golconda is a city in and the county seat of Pope County, Illinois, United States, located along the Ohio River.

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Great Lakes

The Great Lakes (les Grands-Lacs), also called the Laurentian Great Lakes and the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of interconnected freshwater lakes located primarily in the upper mid-east region of North America, on the Canada–United States border, which connect to the Atlantic Ocean through the Saint Lawrence River.

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Great Miami River

The Great Miami River (also called the Miami River) (Shawnee: Msimiyamithiipi) is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey.

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Greater Pittsburgh Region

The Greater Pittsburgh Region is a populous region in the United States which is named for its largest city and economic center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Green River (Kentucky)

The Green River is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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Greenup Lock and Dam

Greenup Lock and Dam is the 11th Lock and dam on the Ohio River, located 341 miles downstream of Pittsburgh.

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Greenup, Kentucky

Greenup is a home rule-class city located at the confluence of the Little Sandy River with the Ohio River in Greenup County, Kentucky, in the United States.

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Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico (Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent.

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Guyandotte River

The Guyandotte River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 166 mi (267 km) long, in southwestern West Virginia in the United States.

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Hamilton, Kentucky

Hamilton is an unincorporated community in Boone County, Kentucky, United States.

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Hannibal Locks and Dam

The Hannibal Locks and Dam are a United States Army Corps of Engineers concrete locks and lift gate dam, located at river mile marker 126.4 on the Ohio River at Hannibal, Ohio and New Martinsville, West Virginia.

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Harrah's Metropolis

Harrah's Metropolis is a riverboat casino located on the Ohio River in Metropolis, Illinois.

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American abolitionist and author.

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Hawesville, Kentucky

Hawesville is a home rule-class city on the south bank of the Ohio River in Hancock County, Kentucky, in the United States.

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Henderson, Kentucky

Henderson is a home rule-class city along the Ohio River in Henderson County in western Kentucky in the United States.

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Hocking River

The Hocking River is a tributary of the Ohio River in southeastern Ohio in the United States.

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Hockingport, Ohio

Hockingport is a census-designated place in southeastern Troy Township, Athens County, Ohio, United States.

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Humid continental climate

A humid continental climate (Köppen prefix D and a third letter of a or b) is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, which is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold in the northern areas) winters.

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Humid subtropical climate

A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and mild to cool winters.

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Huntington, West Virginia

Huntington is a city in Cabell County and Wayne County in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

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Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area

The Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area is the largest metropolitan statistical area in West Virginia and includes seven counties across three states: West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Indian Territory

As general terms, Indian Territory, the Indian Territories, or Indian country describe an evolving land area set aside by the United States Government for the relocation of Native Americans who held aboriginal title to their land.

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Indiana

Indiana is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America.

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Ironton, Ohio

Ironton is a city in and the county seat of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States.

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Iroquoian languages

The Iroquoian languages are a language family of indigenous peoples of North America.

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Iroquois

The Iroquois or Haudenosaunee (People of the Longhouse) are a historically powerful northeast Native American confederacy.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Jackson Purchase

The Jackson Purchase, also known as the Purchase Region or simply the Purchase, is a region in the U.S. state of Kentucky bounded by the Mississippi River to the west, the Ohio River to the north, and Tennessee River to the east.

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Jeffersonville, Indiana

Jeffersonville is a city in Clark County, Indiana, along the Ohio River.

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Jordan River

The Jordan River (also River Jordan; נְהַר הַיַּרְדֵּן Nahar ha-Yarden, ܢܗܪܐ ܕܝܘܪܕܢܢ, نَهْر الْأُرْدُنّ Nahr al-Urdunn, Ancient Greek: Ιορδάνης, Iordànes) is a -long river in the Middle East that flows roughly north to south through the Sea of Galilee (Hebrew: כנרת Kinneret, Arabic: Bohayrat Tabaraya, meaning Lake of Tiberias) and on to the Dead Sea.

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Kanawha River

The Kanawha River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 97 mi (156 km) long, in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

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Karl Bodmer

Johann Carl Bodmer (11 February 1809 – 30 October 1893) was a Swiss-French printmaker, etcher, lithographer, zinc engraver, draughtsman, painter, illustrator and hunter.

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Kaw people

The Kaw Nation (or Kanza, or Kansa) are a federally recognized Native American tribe in Oklahoma and parts of Kansas.

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Keelboat

A keelboat is a riverine cargo-capable working boat, or a small- to mid-sized recreational sailing yacht.

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Kenova, West Virginia

Kenova is a city in Wayne County, West Virginia, at the confluence of the Ohio and Big Sandy Rivers.

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Kentucky

Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States.

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Kentucky River

The Kentucky River is a tributary of the Ohio River, long,U.S. Geological Survey.

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La Salle expeditions

The Expeditions of René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle were a series of trips into the Mississippi and Ohio Valley by French explorers led by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle that began in the late 1660s and continued for two decades.

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Lawrenceburg, Indiana

Lawrenceburg is a city in Dearborn County, Indiana, United States.

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Leetsdale, Pennsylvania

Leetsdale is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, along the Ohio River.

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Lewisport, Kentucky

Lewisport is a home rule-class city in the floodplain of the Ohio River in Hancock County, Kentucky, in the United States.

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Licking River (Kentucky)

The Licking River is a partly navigable, U.S. Geological Survey.

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Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock, composed mainly of skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral, forams and molluscs.

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List of crossings of the Ohio River

This is a complete list of current bridges and other crossings of the Ohio River from the Mississippi River at Cairo, Illinois upstream to the split into the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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List of islands of the Midwestern United States

This is a partial list of islands of the Midwestern United States.

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List of islands of West Virginia

This is a list of islands of West Virginia.

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List of locks and dams of the Ohio River

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, near Cairo, Illinois.

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List of longest rivers of the United States (by main stem)

The main stems of 38 rivers in the United States are at least long.

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List of rivers of Indiana

This is a list of rivers in Indiana (U.S. state).

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List of rivers of Kentucky

List of rivers in Kentucky (U.S. state).

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List of rivers of Ohio

This is a list of rivers in the state of Ohio in the United States of America.

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List of rivers of Pennsylvania

This is a list of streams and rivers in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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List of variant names of the Ohio River

This is a list of historical names for the Ohio River, or portions thereof, as compiled by the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey.

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Little Beaver Creek

The Little Beaver Creek is a wild and scenic area in Ohio.

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Little Hocking River

The Little Hocking River is a small tributary of the Ohio River, long, in southeastern Ohio in the United States.

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Little Kanawha River

The Little Kanawha River is a tributary of the Ohio River, 169 mi (269 km) long,Gilchrist-Stalnaker, Joy Gregoire.

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Little Miami River

The Little Miami River (Cakimiyamithiipi) is a Class I tributary of the Ohio River that flows U.S. Geological Survey.

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Little Muskingum River

The Little Muskingum River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 65 mi (105 km) long, in southeast Ohio in the United States.

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Little Sandy River (Kentucky)

The Little Sandy River is a tributary of the Ohio River in northeastern Kentucky in the United States.

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Little Scioto River (Ohio River tributary)

The Little Scioto River is a tributary of the Ohio River, about long,U.S. Geological Survey.

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Lock (water navigation)

A lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways.

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Lord Dunmore's War

Lord Dunmore's War — or Dunmore's War — was a 1774 conflict between the Colony of Virginia and the Shawnee and Mingo American Indian nations.

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Louisiana Purchase

The Louisiana Purchase (Vente de la Louisiane "Sale of Louisiana") was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory (828,000 square miles or 2.14 million km²) by the United States from France in 1803.

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Louisville and Portland Canal

The Louisville and Portland Canal was a canal bypassing the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky.

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Louisville metropolitan area

The Louisville metropolitan area or Kentuckiana, also known as the Louisville–Jefferson County, Kentucky–Indiana, metropolitan statistical area, is the 45th largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the United States.

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Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 29th most-populous city in the United States.

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Ludlow, Kentucky

Ludlow is a home rule-class city in Kenton County, Kentucky, in the United States.

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Madison, Indiana

Madison is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Indiana, United States, along the Ohio River.

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Manchester, Ohio

Manchester is a village in Adams County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River.

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Margaret Garner

Margaret Garner (called "Peggy") was an enslaved African-American woman in pre-Civil War America who was notorious – or celebrated – for killing her own daughter rather than allowing the child to be returned to slavery.

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Marietta, Ohio

Marietta is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, Ohio, United States.

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Markland Locks and Dam

The Markland Locks and Dam is a concrete dam bridge and locks that span the Ohio River.

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Martins Ferry, Ohio

Martins Ferry is a city in Belmont County, Ohio, United States, on the Ohio River.

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Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east.

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Mason–Dixon line

The Mason–Dixon line, also called the Mason and Dixon line or Mason's and Dixon's line, was surveyed between 1763 and 1767 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon in the resolution of a border dispute involving Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware in Colonial America.

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Maysville, Kentucky

Maysville is a home rule-class city in Mason County, Kentucky, United States and is the seat of Mason County.

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McAlpine Locks and Dam

The McAlpine Locks and Dam are a set of locks and a hydroelectric dam at the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky.

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McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania

McKees Rocks, also known as "The Rocks", is a borough in Allegheny County, in western Pennsylvania, along the south bank of the Ohio River.

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Metropolis, Illinois

Metropolis is a city located along the Ohio River in Massac County, Illinois, United States.

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Middle Island Creek

Middle Island Creek is a river, 77 miles (124 km) long, in northwestern West Virginia in the United States.

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Midland, Pennsylvania

Midland is a borough located along the Ohio River in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Midwestern United States

The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the American Midwest, Middle West, or simply the Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2").

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Mike Fink

Mike Fink (also spelled Miche Phinck)O'Neil, Paul.

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Mill Creek (Ohio)

The Mill Creek is a stream in southwest Ohio.

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Mississippi

Mississippi is a state in the Southern United States, with part of its southern border formed by the Gulf of Mexico.

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Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system.

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Mississippian culture

The Mississippian culture was a mound-building Native American civilization archeologists date from approximately 800 CE to 1600 CE, varying regionally.

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Missouri

Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States.

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Missouri River

The Missouri River is the longest river in North America.

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Monaca, Pennsylvania

Monaca is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States along the Ohio River, northwest of Pittsburgh.

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Monongahela River

The Monongahela River — often referred to locally as the Mon — is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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Mound City, Illinois

Mound City is a city located along the Ohio River in Pulaski County, Illinois, United States.

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Moundsville, West Virginia

Moundsville is a city in Marshall County, West Virginia, along the Ohio River.

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Mount Vernon, Indiana

Mount Vernon is a city in and the county seat of Posey County, Indiana, United States.

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Muskingum River

The Muskingum River (Shawnee: Wakatamothiipi) is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 111 miles (179 km) long, in southeastern Ohio in the United States.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA; pronounced, like "Noah") is an American scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce that focuses on the conditions of the oceans, major waterways, and the atmosphere.

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National Road

The National Road (also known as the Cumberland Road) was the first major improved highway in the United States built by the federal government.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, also known as American Indians, Indians, Indigenous Americans and other terms, are the indigenous peoples of the United States.

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Neville Township, Pennsylvania

Neville Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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New Albany, Indiana

New Albany is a city in Floyd County, Indiana, United States, situated along the Ohio River opposite Louisville, Kentucky.

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New Boston, Ohio

New Boston is a village in Scioto County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River.

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New Martinsville, West Virginia

New Martinsville is a city in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River.

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New Orleans

New Orleans (. Merriam-Webster.; La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana.

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New Richmond, Ohio

New Richmond, also known as New Richmond on the Ohio, is a village in Ohio and Pierce townships in Clermont County, Ohio, United States, founded in 1814, along the Ohio River.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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Newburgh Lock and Dam

Newburgh Lock and Dam is the 16th Lock and dam on the Ohio River, located 776 miles down stream of Pittsburgh.

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Newburgh, Indiana

Newburgh is a town in Ohio Township, Warrick County, Indiana, United States, located just east of Evansville, Indiana, along the Ohio River.

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Newport, Kentucky

Newport is a home rule-class city at the confluence of the Ohio and Licking rivers in Campbell County, Kentucky, in the United States.

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize (Swedish definite form, singular: Nobelpriset; Nobelprisen) is a set of six annual international awards bestowed in several categories by Swedish and Norwegian institutions in recognition of academic, cultural, or scientific advances.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Northern United States

The Northern United States, commonly referred to as the American North or simply the North, can be a geographic or historical term and definition.

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Northwest Territory

The Northwest Territory in the United States was formed after the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), and was known formally as the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio.

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Notes on the State of Virginia

Notes on the State of Virginia (1785) is a book written by Thomas Jefferson.

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Nuclear power

Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions that release nuclear energy to generate heat, which most frequently is then used in steam turbines to produce electricity in a nuclear power plant.

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Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States.

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Ohio and Erie Canal

The Ohio and Erie Canal was a canal constructed during the 1820s and early 1830s in Ohio.

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Ohio Company

The Ohio Company, formally known as the Ohio Company of Virginia, was a land speculation company organized for the settlement by Virginians of the Ohio Country (approximately the present state of Ohio) and to trade with the Native Americans.

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Ohio Country

The Ohio Country (sometimes called the Ohio Territory or Ohio Valley by the French) was a name used in the 18th century for the regions of North America west of the Appalachian Mountains and in the region of the upper Ohio River south of Lake Erie.

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Ohio River Bridges Project

The Ohio River Bridges Project was a Louisville metropolitan area transportation project involving the reconstruction of the Kennedy Interchange (locally known as "Spaghetti Junction"), the completion of two new Ohio River bridges and the reconstruction of ramps on Interstate 65 between Muhammad Ali Boulevard and downtown.

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Ohio River flood of 1937

The Ohio River flood of 1937 took place in late January and February 1937.

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Ohio River Trail

The Ohio River Trail (ORT) is composed of two entities, the Ohio River Water Trail and the Ohio River Greenway Trail.

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Ohio River Valley AVA

The Ohio River Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area centered on the Ohio River and surrounding areas.

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Ohio River Water Trail

The Ohio River Water Trail, navigates the counties of Allegheny, Beaver, Columbiana, and Hancock in the states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

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Ohio Valley in Kentucky

The Ohio Valley is a sub region in Kentucky running long including parts of 25 counties and across five regions of the state.

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma (Uukuhuúwa, Gahnawiyoˀgeh) is a state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Old Shawneetown, Illinois

Old Shawneetown is a village in Gallatin County, Illinois, United States.

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Omaha people

The Omaha are a federally recognized Midwestern Native American tribe who reside on the Omaha Reservation in northeastern Nebraska and western Iowa, United States.

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Osage Nation

The Osage Nation (Osage: Ni-u-kon-ska, "People of the Middle Waters") is a Midwestern Native American tribe of the Great Plains who historically dominated much of present-day Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, and Oklahoma.

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Owensboro, Kentucky

Owensboro is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Daviess County, Kentucky, United States.

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Owensboro, Kentucky metropolitan area

The Owensboro Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of three counties in Kentucky, anchored by the city of Owensboro.

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Paden City, West Virginia

Paden City is a city in Tyler and Wetzel Counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia, along the Ohio River.

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Paducah, Kentucky

Paducah is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of McCracken County, Kentucky, United States.

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Parkersburg, West Virginia

Parkersburg is a city in and the county seat of Wood County, West Virginia, United States.

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Parkersburg–Marietta–Vienna metropolitan area

The Parkersburg–Marietta–Vienna Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of three counties in West Virginia and one in Ohio, anchored by the cities of Parkersburg, West Virginia, Marietta, Ohio, and Vienna, West Virginia.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Perfluorooctanoic acid

Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) (conjugate base perfluorooctanoate), also known as C8, is a synthetic perfluorinated carboxylic acid and fluorosurfactant.

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Petersburg, Boone County, Kentucky

Petersburg is a rural unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Boone County, Kentucky, United States.

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Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States, and is the county seat of Allegheny County.

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Pittsburgh Business Times

The Pittsburgh Business Times is a diversified business media company serving Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Point Pleasant, West Virginia

Point Pleasant is a city in and the county seat of Mason County, West Virginia, USA, at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers.

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Point State Park

Point State Park (locally known as The Point) is a Pennsylvania state park on in Downtown Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, forming the Ohio River.

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Pomeroy, Ohio

Pomeroy is a village in and the county seat of Meigs County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River.

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Ponca

The Ponca (Páⁿka iyé: Páⁿka or Ppáⁿkka pronounced) are a Midwestern Native American tribe of the Dhegihan branch of the Siouan language group.

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Portsmouth, Ohio

Portsmouth is a city in and the county seat of Scioto County, Ohio, United States.

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Potomac River

The Potomac River is located within the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and flows from the Potomac Highlands into the Chesapeake Bay.

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Potter County, Pennsylvania

Potter County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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Quaternary glaciation

The Quaternary glaciation, also known as the Quaternary Ice Age or Pleistocene glaciation, is a series of glacial events separated by interglacial events during the Quaternary period from 2.58 Ma (million years ago) to present.

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Quebec Act

The Quebec Act of 1774 (Acte de Québec), (the Act) formally known as the British North America (Quebec) Act 1774, was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain (citation 14 Geo. III c. 83) setting procedures of governance in the Province of Quebec.

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Rabbit Hash, Kentucky

Rabbit Hash is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Boone County, Kentucky, United States, with a population of 315 (2010 census).

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Raccoon Creek (Beaver County, Pennsylvania)

Raccoon Creek is a tributary of the Ohio River in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Ravenswood, West Virginia

Ravenswood is a city in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River.

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René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle

René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, or Robert de La Salle (November 22, 1643 – March 19, 1687) was a French explorer.

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Reservoir

A reservoir (from French réservoir – a "tank") is a storage space for fluids.

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Ripley, Ohio

Ripley is a village in Brown County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River 50 miles southeast of Cincinnati.

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Rising Sun, Indiana

Rising Sun is a city in Randolph Township, Ohio County, Indiana, United States, along the Ohio River.

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River pirate

A river pirate is a pirate who operates along a river.

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Rochester, Pennsylvania

Rochester is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Rockport, Indiana

Rockport is a city in Ohio Township, Spencer County, Indiana, along the Ohio River.

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Rosiclare, Illinois

Rosiclare is a city in Hardin County, Illinois, along the Ohio River.

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Saline River (Illinois)

The Saline River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey.

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Salt River (Kentucky)

The Salt River is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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Samuel Mason

Samuel Ross Mason also, spelled Meason (November 8, 1739–1803) was a Virginia militia captain, on the American western frontier, during the American Revolutionary War.

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Saw Mill Run

Saw Mill Run is a tributary of the Ohio River in Pennsylvania.

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Scioto River

The Scioto River is a river in central and southern Ohio more than 231 miles (372 km) in length.

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Sciotoville, Ohio

Sciotoville is a neighborhood in the city of Portsmouth in Scioto County, Ohio.

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Seneca language

Seneca (in Seneca, Onödowá'ga: or Onötowá'ka) is the language of the Seneca people, one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois League; it is an Iroquoian language, spoken at the time of contact in the western portion of New York.

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Seven Years' War

The Seven Years' War was a global conflict fought between 1756 and 1763.

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Sewickley, Pennsylvania

Sewickley is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, west northwest of Pittsburgh along the Ohio River.

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Shade River

The Shade River is a tributary of the Ohio River in southeastern Ohio in the United States.

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Shippingport, Pennsylvania

Shippingport is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, located along the Ohio River.

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Silver Bridge

The Silver Bridge was an eyebar-chain suspension bridge built in 1928 and named for the color of its aluminum paint.

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Sistersville, West Virginia

Sistersville is a city in Tyler County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River.

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Slavery in the United States

Slavery in the United States was the legal institution of human chattel enslavement, primarily of Africans and African Americans, that existed in the United States of America in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Smithland Lock and Dam

Smithland Lock and Dam is the 18th Lock and dam on the Ohio River, 919 miles down stream of Pittsburgh and 63 miles upstream from the confluence of the Mississippi with the Ohio.

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Smithland, Kentucky

Smithland is a home rule-class city in Livingston County, Kentucky, United States, at the confluence of the Ohio and Cumberland Rivers.

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South Carolina

South Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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South Heights, Pennsylvania

South Heights is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, along the Ohio River.

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Southeastern United States

The Southeastern United States (Sureste de Estados Unidos, Sud-Est des États-Unis) is the eastern portion of the Southern United States, and the southern portion of the Eastern United States.

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Southern United States

The Southern United States, also known as the American South, Dixie, Dixieland, or simply the South, is a region of the United States of America.

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St. Louis

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St. Marys, West Virginia

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Steubenville, Ohio

Steubenville is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.

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Tall Stacks

Tall Stacks, formally known as the Tall Stacks Music, Arts, and Heritage Festival, was a festival held every three or four years in the Cincinnati, Ohio area, which celebrated the city's heritage of the riverboat.

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Teays River

The Teays River was a major preglacial river that drained much of the present Ohio River watershed, but took a more northerly downstream course.

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Tell City, Indiana

Tell City is a city in Troy Township, Perry County, in the U.S. state of Indiana, along the Ohio River.

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Tennessee River

The Tennessee River is the largest tributary of the Ohio River.

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The Boatman's Dance

The Boatman's Dance is a minstrel song credited to Dan Emmett in 1843 and arranged by Aaron Copland as part of his set of Old American Songs.

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Thebes, Illinois

Thebes is a village in Alexander County, Illinois, United States.

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Thirteen Colonies

The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the east coast of North America founded in the 17th and 18th centuries that declared independence in 1776 and formed the United States of America.

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Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson (April 13, [O.S. April 2] 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.

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Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford; February 18, 1931) is an American novelist, essayist, editor, teacher, and professor emeritus at Princeton University.

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Treaty of Fort Stanwix

The Treaty of Fort Stanwix was a treaty between Native Americans and Great Britain, signed in 1768 at Fort Stanwix, in present-day Rome, New York.

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Treaty of Paris (1783)

The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War.

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Tributary

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake.

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Tropicana Evansville

Tropicana Evansville is a casino in downtown Evansville, Indiana, owned and operated by Tropicana Entertainment.

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Troy, Indiana

Troy is a town in Troy Township, Perry County, Indiana, along the Ohio River near the mouth of the Anderson River.

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U.S. state

A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly, is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe.

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Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century, and used by African-American slaves to escape into free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists and allies who were sympathetic to their cause.

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Uniontown, Kentucky

Uniontown is a home rule-class city in Union County, Kentucky, United States.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Army Corps of Engineers

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is a U.S. federal agency under the Department of Defense and a major Army command made up of some 37,000 civilian and military personnel, making it one of the world's largest public engineering, design, and construction management agencies.

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University of Oklahoma Press

The University of Oklahoma Press (OU Press) is the publishing arm of the University of Oklahoma.

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Upland South

The terms Upland South and Upper South refer to the northern section of the Southern United States, in contrast to the Lower South or Deep South.

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Vanceburg, Kentucky

Vanceburg is a home rule-class city in Lewis County, Kentucky, United States, along the Ohio River.

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Vevay, Indiana

Vevay is a town located in Jefferson Township, Switzerland County, Indiana, United States, along the Ohio River.

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Virginia

Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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Wabash River

The Wabash River (French: Ouabache) is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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Warsaw, Kentucky

Warsaw is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Gallatin County, Kentucky, United States, located along the Ohio River.

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Watersheds of Illinois

Watersheds of Illinois is a list of basins or catchment areas into which the State of Illinois can be divided based on the place to which water flows.

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Weirton, West Virginia

Weirton (pron. WEER-ton) is a city in Brooke and Hancock counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

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Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area

The Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan statistical area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is part of the Pittsburgh Tri-State area (CSA).

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West Point, Kentucky

West Point is a home rule-class city in Hardin County, Kentucky, United States, near the edge of Fort Knox military reservation on Dixie Highway.

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West Virginia

West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States.

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Wheeling Creek (West Virginia)

Wheeling Creek is a tributary of the Ohio River, 25 miles (40 km) long, in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia in the United States, with a watershed extending into southwestern Pennsylvania.

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Wheeling Island

Wheeling Island is the most populated island in the Ohio River.

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Wheeling Suspension Bridge

The Wheeling Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the main channel of the Ohio River at Wheeling, West Virginia.

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Wheeling, West Virginia

Wheeling is a city in Ohio and Marshall counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

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Wheeling, West Virginia metropolitan area

The Wheeling, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia and one in eastern Ohio, anchored by the city of Wheeling.

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Willow Island Lock and Dam

Willow Island Lock and Dam is the 7th Lock and dam on the Ohio River, located 162 miles downstream of Pittsburgh.

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World Digital Library

The World Digital Library (WDL) is an international digital library operated by UNESCO and the United States Library of Congress.

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Youghiogheny River

The Youghiogheny River, or the Yough for short, is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_River

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