Big Sandy River (Ohio River)

Catchment area of ​​the Big Sandy River

Confluence with Levisa Fork River (left)

The Big Sandy River is a tributary of the Ohio River and runs along the border between the states of West Virginia and Kentucky.

Its length is about 43 km. The Big Sandy River is formed as the confluence of the Tug Fork, which is also a border river between Kentucky and West Virginia, and the Levisa Fork, the meet between the towns of Louisa and Fort Gay. The Big Sandy River flows northward from there with numerous meanders, with the east bank to Wayne County and the West Bank is one of the counties or Lawrence Boyd. The confluence with the Ohio is located in Catlettsburg.

The river is navigable for its entire length; on him especially coal is transported from the mines of Appalachia. The river's name refers to the numerous sandbanks. The same meaning had been were the Indian names of the river, the Tatteroa, Chatteroi or Chatterwha. The Lenape Indians called him, however Sikeacepe, which translates as "Salt River " is.

Name Variants

The river has several name variants:

• Big Sandy Creek
• Chatarrawa
• Chattararawha
• Chattaroi
• Chatterio
• Great Tattaroy River
• Sandy Creek
• Si - ke -a
• Si - ke -a- ce - pe
• Tateroy
• Tatterio
• To- ter -a
• To- ter -as
• To- ter - oy
• Totteroi
• Totteroy Creek
• We- pe - pe -co- ne
• We- pe -po -co- ne - ce - pe -we