Little Scioto River (Ohio River)

Little Scioto River (Ohio River)

Infobox River
river_name = Little Scioto River



caption = Near its confluence with the Ohio River at Sciotoville
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mouth =
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length = 40 mi (65 km)
elevation =
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discharge =
watershed = 233 mi² (603 km²)
The Little Scioto River is a tributary of the Ohio River, about 40 mi (65 km) long, in southern Ohio in the United States. [http://www.bartleby.com/69/89/L05089.html Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry] ] Via the Ohio River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 233 mi² (603 km²). [ [http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/water/watersheds/Basins72PDI_40x40_OnScreen.gifMap of Ohio watersheds] ]

The Little Scioto River rises in western Jackson County and flows generally southwardly into Scioto County, near Minford. It flows into the Ohio River in the eastern part of the city of Portsmouth, [DeLorme (1991). "Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer". Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-233-1] 6 mi (10 km) east of the town's center.

The United States Board on Geographic Names settled on "Little Scioto River" as the stream's name in 1913. According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Little Scioto has also been known historically as "Brushy Fork," "Little Siota River" and "Little Sciota River." [Gnis|1076262|Little Scioto River]

ee also

*List of Ohio rivers
*Scioto River

References


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