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Country | United States |
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States | Indiana, Ohio |
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Cities and towns | Fort Wayne, Indiana; New Haven, Indiana; Antwerp, Ohio; Cecil, Ohio; Defiance, Ohio; Florida, Ohio; Napoleon, Ohio; Grand Rapids, Ohio; Waterville, Ohio; Maumee, Ohio; Perrysburg, Ohio; Rossford, Ohio; Toledo, Ohio; Oregon, Ohio |
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- location | Fort Wayne by the confluence of the St. Joseph and St. Marys |
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- coordinates | 41°04′58″N 85°07′56″W / 41.0827778°N 85.1322222°W / 41.0827778; -85.1322222 (Maumee River origin) |
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- elevation | 750 ft (230 m) |
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- location | Lake Erie at Toledo |
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- coordinates | 41°41′58″N 83°27′36″W / 41.6994444°N 83.46°W / 41.6994444; -83.46 (Maumee River mouth) |
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- elevation | 571 ft (174 m) |
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Length | 137 miles (220 km) |
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Basin size | 6,354 sq mi (16,460 km2) |
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Discharge | |
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- average | 5,297 cu ft/s (150.0 m3/s) |
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Progression | Northeast |
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The Maumee River (pronounced )[1] (Shawnee: Hotaawathiipi;[2] Miami-Illinois: Taawaawa siipiiwi)[3] is a river running from northeastern Indiana into northwestern Ohio and Lake Erie in the United States. The city of Toledo is located at the mouth of the Maumee.
It is the largest watershed of any of the rivers feeding the Great Lakes, and supplies five percent of Lake Erie’s water.
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