Maumee River
The Maumee River (pronounced /mɔːˈmiː/) (Shawnee: Hotaawathiipi; Miami-Illinois: Taawaawa siipiiwi) is a river running in the United States Midwest from northeastern Indiana into northwestern Ohio and Lake Erie. It is formed at the confluence of the St. Joseph and St. Marys rivers, where Fort Wayne, Indiana has developed, and meanders northeastwardly for 137 miles (220 km) through an agricultural region of glacial moraines before flowing into the Maumee Bay of Lake Erie. The city of Toledo is located at the mouth of the Maumee. The Maumee was designated an Ohio State Scenic River on July 18, 1974. The Maumee watershed is Ohio's breadbasket; it is two-thirds farmland, mostly corn and soybeans. It is the largest watershed of any of the rivers feeding the Great Lakes, and supplies five percent of Lake Erie's water.
| Maumee River | |
|---|---|
The Maumee River at Grand Rapids, Ohio | |
Map of the Maumee River watershed | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| States | Indiana, Ohio |
| Cities and towns | Fort Wayne, Indiana; New Haven, Indiana; Antwerp, Ohio; Cecil, Ohio; Defiance, Ohio; Florida, Ohio; Napoleon, Ohio; Grand Rapids, Ohio; Waterville, Ohio; Maumee, Ohio; Perrysburg, Ohio; Rossford, Ohio; Toledo, Ohio; Oregon, Ohio |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Fort Wayne by the confluence of the St. Joseph and St. Marys |
| • coordinates | 41°04′58″N 85°07′56″W |
| • elevation | 750 ft (230 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Lake Erie at Toledo |
• coordinates | 41°41′58″N 83°27′36″W |
• elevation | 571 ft (174 m) |
| Length | 137 miles (220 km) |
| Basin size | 6,354 sq mi (16,460 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 5,297 cu ft/s (150.0 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Northeast |