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Ohio River

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A major tributary of the Mississippi River in the eastern United States, formed at Pittsburgh by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers and flowing roughly 1,580 kilometers to its junction with the Mississippi. It historically marked a boundary between free and slave states before the American Civil War.

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Source Ohio River (Wikipedia)
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Wikidata: Ohio River
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Ohio River (Wikipedia)
Shaped By: Glaciation, Upper Ohio River
Quote, Shaped By: Glaciation, Upper Ohio River
The upper Ohio River formed when one of the glacial lakes overflowed into a south-flowing tributary of the Teays River.
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