Cuyahoga River
The Cuyahoga River is a river in the United States, located in Northeast Ohio. It runs through the city of Cleveland and feeds into Lake Erie. The river was one of the most polluted rivers in the U.S. during the 20th century. It has been extensively cleaned up through the efforts of Cleveland’s city government and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
About Cuyahoga River in brief
The Cuyahoga River is a river in the United States, located in Northeast Ohio. It runs through the city of Cleveland and feeds into Lake Erie. The river was one of the most polluted rivers in the U.S. during the 20th century. In 2019, the American Rivers conservation association named the Cuyhoga \”River of the Year\” in honor of 50 years of environmental resurgence. The name is believed to mean ‘crooked river’ from the Mohawk name Cayagaga, although this is highly unlikely. It also could possibly be related to the Wyandot language words kaye’ska and hake’nya’a, roughly translating to’small land’ and’small river’ The river is a relatively recent geologic formation, formed by the advance and retreat of ice sheets during the last ice age. The depth of the river ranges from 3 to 6 ft. The river has been extensively cleaned up through the efforts of Cleveland’s city government and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. It was once devoid of fish, as the reach from Akron to Cleveland was 1,000 feet below the harbor. It is now maintained by constant dredging, held by the railroad bridge to the harbor, and the depth is maintained by the width of the harbor by the Newburgh Bridge. The Cuyuhoga River and its tributaries drain 813 square miles of land in portions of six counties. On July 22, 1796, Moses Cleaor charged with exploring the western boundary of the Western Reserve of Connecticut, arrived at the mouth of the River and located a settlement there, which became Cleveland.
The River is controlled by the Lake Erie Downstream Bridge, which is held to the level by the United United States Coast Guard. The water level of the lake is maintained at the same level as it was in the 1800s, when it was still part of the Greenville Treaty Line, per the Treaty of Greenville that ended the Northwest Indian War in the Ohio Country. It flows southward to Akron and Cuyohoga Falls, where it turns sharply north and flows through the Cyuahoga Valley National Park in northern Summit County. It then flows through Independence, Valley View, Cuyaharoga Heights, Newburgh Heights and Cleveland to its northern terminus, emptying into lake Erie. It began its 100-mile journey in Hambden, Ohio, flowing southward into the confluence of the East Branch Cuyahs River and West Branch Cyuahs River in Burton. It continues on its 84. 9 miles journey flowing northward to its mouth in Cleveland, where the river empties into the lake. It has a length of 100 miles from its headwaters to the mouth, when traveled directly) into a 100- miles trek from its startwaters to its end. It’s also possible that the name comes from the amalgamation of two Cayuga Iroquois language words, gihe: k and hoga: ; Gihe’hoga, meaning ‘Elm Tree River’
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