Largest cities in Ohio with a population of more than 100,000:Ĭolumbus (873,000), Cleveland (384,000), Cincinnati (302,000), Toledo (275,000), Akron (198,000), Dayton (140,000)Īlliance, Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Barberton, Beavercreek, Bellefontaine, Bowling Green, Bucyrus, Cambridge, Canton, Chillicothe, Circleville, Coshocton, Cuyahoga Falls,, Defiance, East Liverpool, Elyria, Euclid, Fairfield, Findlay, Fostoria, Fremont, Gahanna, Gallipolis, Greenville, Hamilton, Hillsboro, Ironton, Jackson, Kent, Kettering, Lancaster, Lima, Lorain, Mansfield, Marietta, Marion, Massillon, Middletown, Mt Vernon, New Philadelphia, Newark, Norwalk, Parma, Portsmouth, Sandusky, Sidney, Springfield, Steubenville, Strongsville, Upper Arlington, Van Wert, Warren, Washington Court House, Westerville, Wooster, Youngstown, and Zanesville. The skyline of Columbus, Ohio mirrored in the Scioto River. The rivers in the southern part of the state drain into the Gulf of Mexico via the Ohio River. Ohio's major rivers are Cuyahoga River, Great Miami River, Maumee River, Muskingum River, and Scioto River. The Allegheny escarpment marks the boundary between the plateaus and the lowlands. The unglaciated portion of the Appalachian Plateaus is known as the Allegheny Plateaus. The western and northern part of the Appalachian Plateaus was glaciated during the Pleistocene Ice Age it was the ice that rendered the landscape of rolling hills and broad, flat valleys. In the east is Ohio's largest region, the Appalachian Plateaus. Within the Central Lowlands, in Logan County, sits Campbell Hill at 472 m (1,549 ft), it is the highest natural point in Ohio.ģ. Several glaciers across the area created the flat surface of the Central Lowlands Province during the Ice Age, the massive ice sheets gouged and smoothed the bedrock, destroyed drainage systems, and filled existing valleys with sediment. The Huron-Erie Lake Plains are the part of northwestern Ohio along Lake Erie, and the state's border with Pennsylvania, the nearly-flat region marks the former extent of Lake Erie as the last (Wisconsinan) glacier retreated from Ohio.

The Central Lowlands dominate the western portion of Ohio's landscape with its Till Plains and the Lake Plains at Lake Erie.

Rock House cave in the Hocking Hills State Park in Hocking County, Ohio.Ģ. Kelleys Island is the largest of the American Lake Erie islands, others are South Bass Island, Middle Bass Island, and North Bass Island, with a village known as Isle St George. Several islands in the lake belong to Ohio they are all situated in Ottawa County. The lake and its surroundings are a significant source of many minerals. Shallow Lake Erie is the southernmost of the five Great Lakes in North America it is the 11th largest freshwater lake in the world. Ohio features basically three major geographic regions, the 330 km (210 mi) long Lake Erie coast, the Central Lowlands in the west, and the Appalachian Plateaus in the east.ġ. Compared with other US states, Ohio would fit into Texas 6 times. The Buckeye state (its nickname) occupies an area of 116,096 km² (44,825 sq mi), compared it is somewhat larger than Bulgaria (110,879 km²) or slightly smaller than Nicaragua (130,370 km²). Topographic Regions Map of Ohio showing major geographical regions of the state.

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