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Archive for 21. September 2010
Day at the Maumee Bay / Lake Erie
21. September 2010 by admin.
The following is information the Erie Port Authority passed out to participants attending “A Day at the Bay” hosted by the Upper Maumee Watershed Partnership.
Maumee River:
- Largest body of water emptying into the Great Lakes
- 150 miles long
- Shares water with the St. Marys River, St. Joseph River, Auglaize River, Little Auglaize River, Blanchard River, Tiffen River, Ottowa River
Maumee Watershed:
- 6,586 sqare miles in Indiana, Ohio & Michigan
- 4,000 miles of streams
- Drains 4 million acres
- 1.7 million people live in the watershed
- 327 named streams
- Supports 94 species of fish
- 90% of Ohio’s wetlands have been drained or filled in
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