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The Tuscarawas River is a principal tributary
Tributary

A tributary is a stream or river which flows into a Mainstem river. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea. Tributaries and the mainstem river serve to drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater by leading the water out into an ocean or some other large body of water....
 of the Muskingum River
Muskingum River

The Muskingum River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 111 miles long, in southeastern Ohio in the United States. An important commercial route in the 19th century, it flows generally southward through the eastern hill country of Ohio....
, 129.9 miles (209 km) long, in northeastern Ohio
Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....
 in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. Via the Muskingum and Ohio
Ohio River

The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. It is approximately 981 miles long and is located in the eastern United States....
 Rivers, it is part of the watershed
Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an extent of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea or ocean....
 of the Mississippi River
Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the longest river in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico....
, draining an area of 2,590 square miles (6,708 km²) on glaciated
Glacier

A glacier is a large, slow-moving mass of ice, formed from compacted layers of snow, that slowly deforms and flows in response to gravity and high pressure....
 and unglaciated portions of the Allegheny Plateau
Allegheny Plateau

The Allegheny Plateau is a large dissected plateau area in western and central New York, northern and western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia, and eastern Ohio....
.

It rises southwest of Hartville
Hartville, Ohio

Hartville is a village #Ohio in Stark County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,174 at the United States Census, 2000. It is part of the Canton, Ohio–Massillon, Ohio Canton-Massillon metropolitan area....
 in northern Stark County
Stark County, Ohio

Stark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 378,098. It is included in the Canton-Massillon, Ohio Canton-Massillon metropolitan area....
, and initially flows westwardly, through Uniontown
Uniontown, Ohio

Uniontown is a census-designated place in Stark County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,802 at the United States Census 2000. It is often confused to being part of Summit County, Ohio, primarily because the Uniontown post office serves a large part of the city of Green, Ohio in Summit County, Ohio....
 into southern Summit County
Summit County, Ohio

Summit County is an urban county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, United States. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 542,899....
, where it passes through the Portage Lakes
Portage Lakes (Ohio)

The Portage Lakes are named after an old Native Americans in the United States portage path which connected the Cuyahoga River flowing north to Lake Erie and the Tuscarawas River, a tributary of the Muskingum River, which flows south to the Ohio River....
 area south of Akron
Akron, Ohio

Akron is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County, Ohio. In 2007, its population was estimated to be 207,934. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the Cuyahoga River between Cleveland, Ohio to the north and Canton, Ohio to the south, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....
, and the city of Barberton
Barberton, Ohio

Barberton is a city in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 27,899 at the United States Census 2000. It is a suburb of Akron, Ohio and is part of the Akron Akron metropolitan area....
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The Tuscarawas River is a principal tributary
Tributary

A tributary is a stream or river which flows into a Mainstem river. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea. Tributaries and the mainstem river serve to drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater by leading the water out into an ocean or some other large body of water....
 of the Muskingum River
Muskingum River

The Muskingum River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 111 miles long, in southeastern Ohio in the United States. An important commercial route in the 19th century, it flows generally southward through the eastern hill country of Ohio....
, 129.9 miles (209 km) long, in northeastern Ohio
Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....
 in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. Via the Muskingum and Ohio
Ohio River

The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. It is approximately 981 miles long and is located in the eastern United States....
 Rivers, it is part of the watershed
Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an extent of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea or ocean....
 of the Mississippi River
Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the longest river in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico....
, draining an area of 2,590 square miles (6,708 km²) on glaciated
Glacier

A glacier is a large, slow-moving mass of ice, formed from compacted layers of snow, that slowly deforms and flows in response to gravity and high pressure....
 and unglaciated portions of the Allegheny Plateau
Allegheny Plateau

The Allegheny Plateau is a large dissected plateau area in western and central New York, northern and western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia, and eastern Ohio....
.

It rises southwest of Hartville
Hartville, Ohio

Hartville is a village #Ohio in Stark County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,174 at the United States Census, 2000. It is part of the Canton, Ohio–Massillon, Ohio Canton-Massillon metropolitan area....
 in northern Stark County
Stark County, Ohio

Stark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 378,098. It is included in the Canton-Massillon, Ohio Canton-Massillon metropolitan area....
, and initially flows westwardly, through Uniontown
Uniontown, Ohio

Uniontown is a census-designated place in Stark County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,802 at the United States Census 2000. It is often confused to being part of Summit County, Ohio, primarily because the Uniontown post office serves a large part of the city of Green, Ohio in Summit County, Ohio....
 into southern Summit County
Summit County, Ohio

Summit County is an urban county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, United States. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 542,899....
, where it passes through the Portage Lakes
Portage Lakes (Ohio)

The Portage Lakes are named after an old Native Americans in the United States portage path which connected the Cuyahoga River flowing north to Lake Erie and the Tuscarawas River, a tributary of the Muskingum River, which flows south to the Ohio River....
 area south of Akron
Akron, Ohio

Akron is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County, Ohio. In 2007, its population was estimated to be 207,934. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the Cuyahoga River between Cleveland, Ohio to the north and Canton, Ohio to the south, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....
, and the city of Barberton
Barberton, Ohio

Barberton is a city in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 27,899 at the United States Census 2000. It is a suburb of Akron, Ohio and is part of the Akron Akron metropolitan area....
. From Barberton the Tuscarawas flows generally southwardly through Stark and Tuscarawas Counties, through the communities of Clinton
Clinton, Ohio

Clinton is a village in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,337 at the United States Census 2000. It is part of the Akron, Ohio Akron metropolitan area....
, Canal Fulton
Canal Fulton, Ohio

Canal Fulton is a city in Stark County, Ohio in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 5,061 at the United States Census, 2000. It is part of the Canton, Ohio–Massillon, Ohio Canton-Massillon metropolitan area....
, Massillon
Massillon, Ohio

Massillon is a city in Stark County, Ohio in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 31,325 at the United States Census 2000.Massillon, along with neighboring Canton, Ohio, are principal cities of the Canton–Massillon Canton-Massillon metropolitan area....
, Navarre
Navarre, Ohio

Navarre is a village #Ohio in Stark County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,440 at the United States Census 2000. It is part of the Canton, Ohio–Massillon, Ohio Canton-Massillon metropolitan area....
, Bolivar
Bolivar, Ohio

Bolivar is a village #Ohio in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 894 at the United States Census, 2000. Bolivar is also home to a small American Revolutionary War-era fort....
, Zoar
Zoar, Ohio

Zoar is a village #Ohio in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 193 at the United States Census, 2000.History...
, Dover
Dover, Ohio

Dover is a city in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 12,210 at the United States Census 2000....
, and New Philadelphia
New Philadelphia, Ohio

New Philadelphia is a city in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, 71 miles south of Cleveland, Ohio on the Tuscarawas River. It was first incorporated in 1808....
. South of New Philadelphia the river turns to the southwest and west, flowing past Tuscarawas
Tuscarawas, Ohio

Tuscarawas is a village #Ohio in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 934 at the United States Census 2000....
, Gnadenhutten
Gnadenhutten, Ohio

Gnadenhutten is a village #Ohio located on the Tuscarawas River in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,280 at the United States Census 2000....
, Port Washington
Port Washington, Ohio

Port Washington is a village #Ohio in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 552 at the United States Census 2000....
, and Newcomerstown
Newcomerstown, Ohio

Newcomerstown is a village #Ohio in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, 85 miles east-northeast of Columbus, Ohio. In 1900, 2,659 people lived in Newcomerstown, Ohio; in 1910, 2,943....
 into Coshocton County
Coshocton County, Ohio

Coshocton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, United States. As of 2000, the population was 36,655. Its county seat is Coshocton, Ohio....
, where it joins the Walhonding River
Walhonding River

The Walhonding River is a principal tributary of the Muskingum River, 23.5 miles long, in east-central Ohio in the United States. Via the Muskingum and Ohio River Rivers, it is part of the drainage basin of the Mississippi River....
 at the city of Coshocton
Coshocton, Ohio

Coshocton is a city in and the county seat of Coshocton County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population of the city was 11,682 at the United States Census 2000....
 to form the Muskingum River. From Barberton downstream, the Ohio and Erie Canal
Ohio and Erie Canal

The Ohio Canal or Ohio and Erie Canal was a canal constructed in the early 1800s, which connected Akron, Ohio, Summit County, Ohio with the Cuyahoga River near the Cuyahoga's mouth on Lake Erie in Cleveland, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and a few years later, with the Ohio River near Portsmouth, Ohio, Scioto County, Ohio, and then conne...
 was constructed in parallel to the river in 1828-1830; usage began declining in the 1850s, and the canal was damaged beyond repair by flooding in 1913. Portions of the canal's towpath
Towpath

A towpath is a road or trail on the bank of a river, canal, or other inland waterway. The purpose of a towpath is to allow a land vehicle, beasts of burden, or a team of human pullers to tow a boat, often a barge....
 route are maintained as a hiking and bicycling trail.

According to the Geographic Names Information System
Geographic Names Information System

The is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States and its territories....
, the Tuscarawas River has also been known historically by the names Little Muskingum River, Mashongam River, Tuscarawa River, and Tuskarawas Creek.

, the state of Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has recommended limits on the consumption of fish taken from the river, due to contamination by mercury
Mercury (element)

Mercury , also called quicksilver or hydrargyrum , is a chemical element with the symbol Hg and atomic number 80. A heavy, silvery d-block metal, mercury is one of six elements that are liquid at or near room temperature and pressure....
 and PCBs
Polychlorinated biphenyl

Polychlorinated biphenyls are a class of organic compounds with 1 to 10 chlorine atoms attached to biphenyl which is a molecule composed of two benzene rings each containing six carbon atoms....
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Tributaries

The Tuscarawas River collects Chippewa Creek in Summit County near Clinton, and Sandy Creek
Sandy Creek (Ohio)

Sandy Creek is a tributary of the Tuscarawas River, 41.3 miles long, in northeastern Ohio in the United States. Via the Tuscarawas, Muskingum River and Ohio River Rivers, it is part of the drainage basin of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 503 square miles ....
 in Stark County near Bolivar. In Tuscarawas County, it collects Conotton Creek southeast of Zoar; Sugar Creek
Sugar Creek (Ohio)

Sugar Creek is a tributary of the Tuscarawas River in northeastern Ohio in the United States. It is 45 miles long. Via the Tuscarawas, Muskingum River, and Ohio River Rivers, it is part of the drainage basin of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 356 square miles on glaciation and unglaciated portions of the Allegheny Pla...
 at Dover; and Stillwater Creek north of Tuscarawas. Nimishillen Creek
Nimishillen Creek

Nimishillen Creek is a tributary of Sandy Creek , 24.5 miles long, in northeastern Ohio in the United States. Via Sandy Creek and the Tuscarawas River, Muskingum River and Ohio River Rivers, it is part of the drainage basin of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 187 square miles , including the city of Canton, Ohio....
, a tributary of Sandy Creek, drains the city of Canton
Canton, Ohio

Canton is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Stark County, Ohio. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio and is situated on the Nimishillen Creek, approximately 24 miles south of Akron, Ohio and 60 miles south of Cleveland, Ohio....
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Flow rate

At the United States Geological Survey
United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it....
's stream gauge
Stream gauge

A stream gauge, or stream gage, refers to a site along a stream where measurements of volumetric Discharge are made....
 in Newcomerstown, the annual mean flow of the river between 1922 and 2005 was 2,591 ft³/s
Cubic feet per second

A cubic foot per second is an Imperial unit / U.S. customary unit volumetric flow rate, which is equivalent to a volume of 1 cube Foot flowing every second....
 (73 m³/s). The highest recorded flow during the period was 46,800 ft³/s (1,325 m³/s) on January 26, 1937. The lowest recorded flow was 216 ft³/s (6 m³/s) on August 15, 1944.

At an upstream gauge in Massillon, the annual mean flow of the river between 1938 and 2005 was 466 ft³/s (13 m³/s). The highest recorded flow during the period was 10,700 ft³/s (303 m³/s) on July 5, 1969. The lowest recorded flow was 45 ft³/s (1.3 m³/s) on September 20, 1999.

See also

  • List of Ohio rivers
    List of Ohio rivers

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