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The Cuyahoga River (/ ˌ k aɪ. ə ˈ h ɒ ɡ ə / KY-ə-HOG-ə, or / ˌ k aɪ. ə ˈ h oʊ ɡ ə / KY-ə-HOH-gə) is a river located in Northeast Ohio that bisects the City of Cleveland and feeds into Lake Erie.
Der Cuyahoga River (ˌkaɪəˈhɔgə) ist ein Fluss im Nordosten von Ohio in den Vereinigten Staaten. Der Name des Flusses ist indianischen Ursprungs und bedeutet in den irokesischen Sprachen Crooked River (deutsch in etwa „Gewundener Fluss“), wie der Fluss noch genannt wird.
Cuyahoga River, river in northeastern Ohio, U.S., rising 15 miles (24 km) south of Lake Erie and 35 miles (56 km) east of Cleveland. It flows southwestward to the city of Cuyahoga Falls (where its falls were eliminated by a series of dams) on the northern edge of Akron; there it
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The 100-mile Cuyahoga River flows both south and north before emptying into Lake Erie at Cleveland, Ohio. This is a scant 30 miles west of its headwaters. American Indians called it “Ka-ih-ogh-ha”—crooked. This U-shaped path is due to the river’s geologic history. As melting glaciers retreated from the last ice age, their waters tried ...
Its name is Iroquoian, possibly meaning “crooked water” or “place of the jawbone.” With the opening of the Cleveland-to-Akron section of the Ohio and Erie Canal in 1827 (closed 1913), the Cuyahoga region became a centre of commercial transportation.
CUYAHOGA RIVER | Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University. The CUYAHOGA RIVER divides the east and west sides of Cleveland. It originates in springs in the highlands of Geauga County, in the adjoining townships of Hambden and Montville.
22. Nov. 2023 · Cleveland press collection. The Cuyahoga River is a famous ecosystem. Today its flowing water supports fish and insects that feed birds and amphibians along its muddy banks. But the river wasn’t always so full of life. The Cuyahoga River has a very polluted past.
