A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or

another river. In some cases a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course
without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as stream,
creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to
geographic features,[1] although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many
names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United
States, "burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is
defined as being larger than a creek,[2] but not always: the language is vague.[1]

Rivers are part of the hydrological cycle. Water generally collects in a river from precipitation through a
drainage basin from surface runoff and other sources such as groundwater recharge, springs, and the
release of stored water in natural ice and snowpacks (e.g., from glaciers).

Rivers and streams are often considered major features within a landscape, however, they actually only
cover around 0.1% of the land on Earth. They are made more obvious and significant to humans by the
fact that many human cities and civilizations are built around the freshwater supplied by rivers and
streams.[3] Most of the major cities of the world are situated on the banks of rivers, as they are, or were,
used as a source of water, for obtaining food, for transport, as borders, as a defensive measure, as a
source of hydropower to drive machinery, for bathing, and as a means of disposing of waste.

Potamology is the scientific study of rivers, while limnology is the study of inland waters in general.

Ohio /oʊˈhaɪoʊ/ (About this soundlisten) is a state in the East North Central region of the Midwestern
United States. Of the fifty states, it is the 34th largest by area, the seventh most populous, and the tenth
most densely populated. The state's capital and largest city is Columbus. Ohio is bordered by Lake Erie to
the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana
to the west, and Michigan to the northwest.

The state takes its name from the Ohio River, whose name in turn originated from the Seneca word
ohiːyo', meaning "good river", "great river" or "large creek".[15][16][17] Partitioned from the Northwest
Territory, Ohio was the 17th state admitted to the Union on March 1, 1803, and the first under the
Northwest Ordinance.[4][18] Ohio is historically known as the "Buckeye State" after its Ohio buckeye
trees, and Ohioans are also known as "Buckeyes".[12]
Ohio rose from the wilderness of Ohio Country west of Appalachia in colonial times through the
Northwest Indian Wars as part of the Northwest Territory in the early frontier, to become the first non-
colonial free state admitted to the union, to an industrial powerhouse in the 20th century before
transitioning to a more information and service based economy in the 21st.

The government of Ohio is composed of the executive branch, led by the governor; the legislative
branch, which comprises the bicameral Ohio General Assembly; and the judicial branch, led by the state
Supreme Court. Ohio occupies 16 seats in the United States House of Representatives.[19] Ohio is known
for its status as both a swing state and a bellwether in national elections.[20] Seven presidents of the
United States have been elected who had Ohio as their home state.

Ohio is an industrial state, ranking 8th out of 50 states in GDP (2015), is the third largest US state for
manufacturing,[21] and is the second largest producer of automobiles