Wabash River
Sign in to savetributary of the Ohio River in the United States
Key facts
- Country
- US
- States
- Ohio , Indiana , Illinois
- Location
- Near Fort Recovery in Mercer County, Ohio
- Length
- 503 mi (810 km)
- Basin size
- 33,100 mi (86,000 km )
- Average
- 35,350 cu ft/s (1,001 m /s ) for mouth
- Progression
- Wabash River → Ohio → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico
- Left
- Salamonie River , Mississinewa River , Wildcat Creek , Sugar Creek , Big Raccoon Creek, White River , Patoka River
- Right
- Little River , Eel River , Tippecanoe River , Vermilion River , Little Vermilion River , Embarras River , Little Wabash River
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Wabash River at Lafayette.jpg
- Length
- 960
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- Commons category
- Wabash River
- watershed area
- 83600
- discharge
- 1001
- native label
- Wabash River
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The Wabash River /ˈwɔːbæʃ/ WAW-bash (French: Ouabache [wabaʃ]) is a 503-mile-long (810 km) river that drains most of the state of Indiana, and a significant part of Illinois, in the United States. It flows from the headwaters in Ohio, near the Indiana border, then southwest across northern Indiana turning south near the Illinois border, where the southern portion forms the Indiana-Illinois border before flowing into the Ohio River.
It is the largest northern tributary of the Ohio River and third largest overall, behind the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers. From the dam near Huntington, Indiana, to its terminus at the Ohio River, the Wabash flows freely for 411 miles (661 km) The Tippecanoe River, White River, Embarras River and Little Wabash River are major tributaries. The river's name comes from a Miami word meaning "water over white stones", as its bottom is white limestone, now obscured by mud.