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The Mississinewa River is a tributary of the Wabash River in eastern Indiana and a small portion of western Ohio in the United States. It is long.〔U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. (The National Map ), accessed May 19, 2011〕 Via the Wabash and Ohio rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. During the War of 1812, the river was the site of the Battle of the Mississinewa, which pitted United States forces against the Miami Indians. Two oilers of the U.S. Navy have been named USS ''Mississinewa'' after the river. The word Mississinewa is partly derived from the Miami Indian word ''namahchissinwi'' which means "falling waters" or "much fall in the water". ==Course== The Mississinewa River has its headwaters near the Indiana state border in northwestern Darke County, Ohio, within of the start of the Wabash. Both rivers start out as drainage ditches for local farms and have very little water during drought in this immediate area. After exiting Darke County the Mississinewa flows for the remainder of its course in Indiana. It initially flows westward in a heavily straightened and channelized course through northern Randolph and Delaware counties; it turns northwestward in Delaware County and flows through Grant, Wabash and Miami counties. It joins the Wabash River from the south in Miami County, about east of Peru. Along its course the Mississinewa flows past the towns of Ridgeville, Albany, Eaton, Matthews and Jonesboro, and the cities of Gas City and Marion. A series of limestone columns known as the "Seven Pillars of the Mississinewa" stands on the north side of the river about three miles (5 km) southeast of Peru in Miami County.〔''Our Hoosier State Beneath Us'', Bloomington, IN: Indiana Geological Survey, 1984, (GM-32 )〕 The Indiana Central Canal was to use the river for part of its length, but was never completed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mississinewa River」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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