Ashtabula River
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The Ashtabula River[1] is a river located northeast of Cleveland in Ohio. The river flows into Lake Erie at the city of Ashtabula, Ohio. It is Script error: No such module "convert". in length and drains Script error: No such module "convert"..Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Name
Ashtabula derives from Lenape language ashte-pihële, 'always enough (fish) to go around, to be given away',[2] a contraction from apchi 'always'[3] + tepi 'enough' + hële (verb of motion).[4][5][6]
According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Ashtabula River has also been known as:[7]
- Ashtibula River
- Riviere Auscubalu
- Riviere Oscubolu
Watershed
On October 30, 2008 the river was designated a State Scenic River by the Director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Pollution
In 1985 the first two miles of the river was named an "Area of Concern" by the International Joint Commission, primarily because of Fields Brook, a tributary that had received discharges from 19 industries between the 1940s and 1970s.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The cleanup was deemed complete in 2014[8] and the river was delisted in 2021.[9]
Tributaries
- Fields Brook
- Strong Brook
- Hubbard Run
- Ashtabula Creek
- West Branch Ashtabula River
- East Branch Ashtabula River
See also
- List of rivers of Ohio
- Ashtabula River railroad disaster (1876)
- Smolen–Gulf Bridge, a covered bridge across the river (2008–present)
- USS Ashtabula (AO-51)
References
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- ↑ United States Geological Survey Hydrological Unit Code: 04-11-00-03-050
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