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1 maj 2023 · At the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, three states come together: Illinois, Kentucky, and Missouri. This meeting point is near Cairo, Illinois, a small city situated on the land where the rivers converge, highlighting the geographical significance of the area.
The distinct boundary between the two river’s waters indicates that little to no mixing occurs even 5-6 kilometers (3-4 miles) downstream. Cairo became a prosperous port following the Civil War due to increased riverboat and railroad commerce.
MILE POINTS. Mile points are shown on the charts at one mile intervals beginning with Mile 0 at Pittsburgh, PA (The Point). BUOYS. Buoys used to mark channels in the Mississippi River System...
Navigation on the Ohio River/Ohio River Basin. The Ohio River Basin comprises a large geographic area of the United States east of the Mississippi River: 204,000 square miles, which is home...
This is a park about WATER! The Ohio River drains — what, most of the eastern third of the United States? The Upper Mississippi and the Missouri drain from Minnesota to Montana to Saskatchewan to Alberta to Colorado to Kansas. And all this water flows into the Gulf of Mexico at the Mississippi Delta.
Coordinates: 36°59′12″N 89°07′50″W. The Ohio River is a 981-mile-long (1,579 km) river in the United States. It is located at the boundary of the Midwestern and Southern United States, flowing in a southwesterly direction from western Pennsylvania to its mouth on the Mississippi River at the southern tip of Illinois.
The Mississippi River is known as the Middle Mississippi from the Upper Mississippi River's confluence with the Missouri River at St. Louis, Missouri, for 190 miles (310 km) to its confluence with the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois.
