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coiinl ios to tli(^ ( )hi() ; soiiu' of its braiichos drain portions of Alliens 

 and Meigs bounties. Tlie Haccoon is an irivgular stream, its 

 valley having wide and naiiow str(>t('lies altcrnalely ; such a 

 relationshij) sugg(\sls a coniijosite history. JVIeigs comity is (h'ained 

 entirely by minoi' creeks trihnlai'y to the Ohio. 



Hocking river. This stream hasal(>ngthof ahont 100 miles anda 

 drainag(>l)asin olaijpi'oximatc^ly riOOscpiare miles. its remotest 

 sonrc(> is in 1* airfield county, and its nunu'rous tributaries form a 

 basin including parts of Perry, Moi-^an, Hocking, Wash in ".'ton 

 and Athens counties; this basin involves rocks of th(> P(Mmsyl- 

 vanian j)eriod, conse(iuently it drains a rugged region. Its bed 

 has a fall of about 240 feet, but not a uniform slope; in some seg- 

 ments of the valley tlu^ stream has very littl(> flow, while in oilier 

 segments it is cutting into rock. 



M us kinc/unt river. This has the largest I)asin and is the longest 

 stream in Ohio, its length is about 200 miles, and the area drained 

 has been estiniatcMJ as 7,710 s(|uai'e miles. The maximum 

 width of this basin is 100 miles. One of its major (ributaries 

 ris(>s in Medina county, within about 40 miles of Lake J*]rie. 

 The Muskingum proper is formed by the junction of two streams, 

 the Walhondling and the Tuscarawas. These meet in Coshocton 

 county; the name, Muskingum, is ai)i)lied to the river south from 

 this point of junction. Kiwh of these uniting streams has an 

 irr(>gular course and numerous tributaries. The Walhondling 

 drains parts of Knox, Mori'ow, Richland, Ashland, Medina, 

 Wayne, Jlolmes, and Coshocton counties; tlu^ basin of the Tus- 

 carawas embraces all or parts of the following count ics: Harrison, 

 Belmont, ( \arr'()ll, Columbiana, Stai'k, Sumniil, Medina, Wayne, 

 Holmes and Tuscarawas. Jt is thought that glaciation has been 

 an important factor in |)r()ducing the irregularity of both these 

 streams. The counti-y di'ained is rough, since throughout most 

 of it the coarse Mississipi)ian and JVnnsylvanian rocks are on the 

 surface. 



Will's creek, the basin of which includes all of (luernsey, and 

 parts of Jic^lmont, Noble, Momnx; and Coshocton counties, 

 joins the Muskingum about 10 miles south of the junction of the 

 Walhondling and the 'i'uscacawas. '^Fhe next impoi'tant tribu- 

 tary of the Muskingum is the ijcking, with which it unites at 

 Zancsville. The basin of the Licking embraces practically all of 

 Tjicking county and portions of Knox, l^ei-r-y, and l'\'iirfield conn- 



