Walhonding River
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The Walhonding River is a principal tributary of the Muskingum River, [Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry] 23.5 mi (37.8 km) long, Ohio Department of Natural Resources. [A Guide to Ohio Streams.] [Chapter 10: Major Ohio Watersheds (pdf)] in east-central Ohio in the United States. Via the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. It drains an area of 2252 mi² (5833 km²).
The Walhonding flows for its entire length in Coshocton County. It is formed by the confluence of the Mohican River and the Kokosing River and flows generally east-southeastwardly, *DeLorme (1991). Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-233-1 passing through Mohawk Dam, which was built in the 1930s by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the purpose of flood control in the Muskingum River watershed, [Mohawk Dam website] and through the towns of Nellie and Warsaw. Downstream of Warsaw it collects Killbuck Creek. It meets the Tuscarawas River at the city of Coshocton to form the Muskingum River.
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