Lake Erie Rivers
The Great Lakes largest watershed is the Maumee with over 4 million acres. Lake Erie rivers direct tributaries: Huron(Michigan), Raisin, Maumee Bay/River, Toussaint, Portage, Sandusky Bay/River, Huron(Ohio), Black, Cuyahoga, Grand, Ashtabula/Chagrin, Conneaut.
The Maumee has sub-watersheds: St. Joseph and St.Mary’s(Indiana)
- Black River (Ohio)
- Chagrin (Ohio)
- Conneaut Creek (Ohio, Pennsylvania)
- Cuyahoga (Ohio)
- Grand River (Ohio)
- Huron River (Michigan)
- Huron River (Ohio)
- Maumee River (Ohio, Indiana)
- Ottawa River (Ohio, Indiana)
- Portage River (Ohio)
- River Raisin (Michigan)
- Rocky River (Ohio)
- Sandusky River (Ohio)
- Sandy Creek (Michigan)
- Vermillion River (Ohio)
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Black River (Ohio)
12 miles long beginning in Elyria draining 174 square miles.
http://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/aoc/blackriver.html -
Chagrin (Ohio)
72 miles long beginning in Geauga County and Aurora draining an area of 267 square miles.
- http://www.crwp.org/
- http://www.crwp.org/pdf_files/ChagrinRiverWAP_20101013.pdf
- http://www.crwp.org/pdf_files/ChagrinRiverBGPlan_20091210.pdf
- http://waterdata.usgs.gov/oh/nwis/uv/?site_no=04209000&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060 -
Conneaut Creek (Ohio, Pennsylvania)
43.5 miles long beginning in Crawford County Pennsylvania flowing into Lake Erie near Albion draining an area of 152 square miles.
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Cuyahoga (Ohio)
85 miles with watershed 100 miles long flow beginning in Hambden, Ohio – river in East and West Branch draining 809 square miles.
- http://www.cuyahogariverrap.org/
- http://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/aoc/cuyahoga/CR-RAP-01-02.pdf -
Grand River (Ohio)
102.7 miles long beginning in Geauga County flowing into Lake Erie at Fairport Harbor draining an area of 712 square miles.
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Huron River (Michigan)
130 miles long beginning in northern Oakland County flowing into Lake Erie in Monroe County draining an area of 908 square miles.
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Huron River (Ohio)
15 miles long beginning east of Shiloh flowing into Lake Erie at Huron, Ohio draining an area of 406 square miles.
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Maumee River (Ohio, Indiana)
137miles long beginning in Fort Wayne, Indiana flowing into Lake Erie at Toledo, Ohio draining an area of 6,354 square miles.
- http://www.toledoseaport.org/
- http://www.epa.gov/med/grosseile_site/indicators/maumee-p.html
- http://lakeerie.ohio.gov/GLRI/ToledoHarbor.aspx
- http://www.toledo.com/attractions/maumee-river-toledo-ohio/
- http://www.tmacog.org/Transportation/2035/part1/2b_Port%20map.pdf -
Ottawa River (Ohio, Indiana)
15 miles long beginning in southeast Michigan – if Ten Mile Creek is included it is 48 miles long flowing into Lake Erie at Port Clinton, Ohio draining an area of ? square miles.
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Portage River (Ohio)
41.5 miles long beginning in southeast Michigan – if Ten Mile Creek is included it is 48 miles long flowing into Lake Erie at Toledo, Ohio draining an area of 626 square miles.
- http://www.epa.ohio.gov/portals/35/tmdl/Portage_draft_factsheet.pdf -
River Raisin (Michigan)
139 miles long beginning in Rollin Twp. flowing into Lake Erie at Monroe, Michigan draining an area of 1,072 square miles.
- http://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/aoc/rvraisin.html
- http://www.portofmonroe.com/
- http://www.michigandnr.com/PUBLICATIONS/PDFS/ifr/ifrlibra/special/reports/sr23/sr23Figures.pdf -
Rocky River (Ohio)
92 miles long beginning in between Cleveland and North Olmsread Cuyahoga County draining an area of 142 square miles.
- http://myrockyriver.ning.com/ -
Sandusky River (Ohio)
133 miles long beginning in Leesville at Crawford County flowing into Lake Erie from Sandusky Bay draining an area of 1,420 square miles.
- http://www.sanduskyriver.org/
- http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2065 -
Sandy Creek (Michigan)
18.5 miles long beginning in London Township flowing into Lake Erie at Sterling State Park.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Creek_(Michigan) -
Vermillion River (Ohio)
66.9 miles long beginning in Bailey Lakes flowing into Lake Erie at Vermillion draining an area of 268 square miles
- http://www.discoververmilion.com/
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