St. Marys River (Indiana and Ohio): Difference between revisions

{{Infobox river

| name = Saint Marys River

| image = St Marys River Bluffton Road Fort Wayne.jpg

| image_caption = The St. Marys River in [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]]

| image_size = <!-- Unnecessary. Size is automatic. -->

| map = Maumeerivermap.png

| map_caption = Map of the Maumee River watershed showing the St. Marys River

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = United States

| subdivision_type2 = States

| subdivision_name2 = [[Ohio]], [[Indiana]]

| source1 = [[confluence]] of East Branch and Center Branch

| source1_location = near [[St. Marys, Ohio]]

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|40.5372222|-84.3627778|region:US-IN|format=dms|name=Saint Marys River origin}}

| mouth = confluence with the [[St. Joseph River (Maumee River tributary)|St. Joseph River]] to form the [[Maumee River]]

| mouth_location = [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]]

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|41.0833333|-85.1322222|region:US-IN|format=dms|name=Saint Marys River mouth|display=inline,title}}

| progression = St. Marys River → Maumee River → Lake Erie → Great Lakes → St Lawrence River → Gulf of St. Lawrence

| source1_elevation = {{convert|854|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|745|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| length = {{convert|99|mi|km}}

| basin_size = {{convert|793.1|sqmi|sqkm}}<ref name=WBD_area>U.S. Geological Survey. Watershed Boundary Dataset, area data covering St. Marys River watershed (8-digit [[Hydrologic Unit Code]] 04100004), viewed in [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed 2020-05-26.</ref>

| custom_label = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] ID

| custom_data = {{GNIS 4|442706}}

The '''St. Marys River''' ([[Shawnee language|Shawnee]]: '''Kokothikithiipi''',<ref>{{Cite web

|title = Shawnees Webpage

|work = Shawnee's Reservation

|access-date = 2013-04-26

|year = 1997

|url = http://reocities.com/SouthBeach/Cove/8286/speach.html

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130502054932/http://reocities.com/SouthBeach/Cove/8286/speach.html

|archive-date = 2013-05-02

|df =

}}</ref> in [[Miami-Illinois language|Miami-Illinois]]: '''Nameewa siipiiwi''')<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://myaamiadictionary.org/dictionary2015/search/search.php?search=river&stem=stem&inflected=inflected&sentences=sentences&command=command&language=both&website=t |title=myaamiaatawaakani {{!}} Myaamia Dictionary |access-date=2017-04-22 |archive-date=2017-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830003624/https://myaamiadictionary.org/dictionary2015/search/search.php?search=river&stem=stem&inflected=inflected&sentences=sentences&command=command&language=both&website=t |url-status=dead }}</ref> is a {{convert|99|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed May 19, 2011</ref> tributary of the [[Maumee River]] (Miami-Illinois: ''Taawaawa siipiiwi'')innorthwestern [[Ohio]] and northeastern [[Indiana]] in the [[United States]].<ref name=GNIS582>{{gnis|442706|Saint Marys River}}</ref> Prior to development, it was part of the [[Great Black Swamp]]. Today, it drains a primarily rural farming region in the watershed of [[Lake Erie]].

It is formed in southern [[Auglaize County, Ohio|Auglaize County]] in western Ohio by the confluence of the short East Branch and Center Branch. It flows briefly west to [[St. Marys, Ohio|St. Marys]], approaching to within two miles of [[Grand Lake (Ohio)|Grand Lake]] before turning to the north. In northwestern Auglaize County it turns sharply to the west-northwest, flowing past [[Rockford, Ohio|Rockford]] and [[Willshire, Ohio|Willshire]] into [[Adams County, Indiana]]. In northeastern Indiana it flows northwest through [[Decatur, Indiana|Decatur]], then enters [[Fort Wayne, Indiana|Fort Wayne]]. It hooks around in its last half mile (0.8&nbsp;km) to join the [[St. Joseph River (Maumee River)|St. Joseph River]] (in Miami-Illinois: ''Kociihsasiipi'') from the west to form the Maumee in downtown Fort Wayne.

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[[Category:Rivers of Indiana]]

[[Category:Rivers of Ohio]]

[[Category:Rivers of Auglaize County, Ohio]]

[[Category:Bodies of water of Adams County, Indiana]]

[[Category:Rivers of Van Wert County, Ohio]]

[[Category:Rivers of Mercer County, Ohio]]

[[Category:Rivers of Allen County, Indiana]]