Licking River (Ohio)

The Licking River within the catchment area of ​​the Muskingum Rivers

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The Licking River is a 65 km-long right tributary of the Muskingum River in the central U.S. state of Ohio. The outflow is via the Muskingum, Ohio and Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico. He belongs to the river system of the Mississippi River and drains an area of approximately 2018 km ². The two source rivers of North Fork Licking River and South Fork Licking River unite near the town of Newark in Licking County and form the Licking River. The 55 km long North Fork Licking River originates in southwestern Morrow County at Centerburg, during the 50 km -long South Fork of Licking River in the southwestern Licking County has its source. From Newark from the Licking River flows eastward through the Blackhand Gorge State Nature Reserve, a 6 km long sandstone formation with a gorge formed by the river. Then the Licking River bends to the south-east and flows into the Zanesville Muskingum River. Both rivers are here spanned by a bridge shaped like a Y, the Y- Bridge. A few miles above Zanesville, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built a dam in 1961, by the Dillon Lake is formed. According to the Geographic Names Information System, the river in its settlement history with Licking Creek, Nepepenime Sepe, Pataskala River, Salt Lick Creek and similar names were called.