Shade River
| Shade River | |
 The East Branch of the Shade River in Chester Township in 2006
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Ohio |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | East Branch Shade River |
| Source | West Branch Shade River |
| - location | Scipio Township, Meigs County |
| - elevation | 853 ft (260 m) |
| - length | 20.8 mi (33 km) |
| - coordinates | 39°11′28″N 82°09′24″W / 39.19111°N 82.15667°W |
| Secondary source | Middle Branch Shade River |
| - location | Athens Township, Athens County |
| - elevation | 950 ft (290 m) |
| - length | 28.5 mi (46 km) |
| - coordinates | 39°18′33″N 82°04′52″W / 39.30917°N 82.08111°W |
| Source confluence | |
| - location | Chester Township, Meigs County |
| - elevation | 574 ft (175 m) |
| - coordinates | 39°05′58″N 81°55′21″W / 39.09944°N 81.92250°W |
| Mouth | Ohio River |
| - location | Olive Township, Meigs County |
| - elevation | 561 ft (171 m) |
| - coordinates | 39°04′03″N 81°48′49″W / 39.06750°N 81.81361°WCoordinates: 39°04′03″N 81°48′49″W / 39.06750°N 81.81361°W |
| Length | 17.4 mi (28 km) |
| Basin | 221 sq mi (572 km2) |
| Discharge | for near Chester |
| - average | 174 cu ft/s (5 m3/s) |
| - max | 15,600 cu ft/s (442 m3/s) |
| - min | 0.00 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
 Map of the Shade River and its watershed
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The Shade River is a tributary of the Ohio River in southeastern Ohio in the United States. Via the Ohio River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 221 square miles (570 km2) on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau. The Shade River is 17.4 miles (28.0 km) long, or 38.2 miles (61.5 km) including its west branch.
The Shade River flows predominantly as three streams, its east, middle, and west branches. It is formed by the confluence of its middle and west branches, and collects its east branch shortly thereafter:
From the confluence of the middle and west branches in Chester Township, the Shade River flows generally eastwardly, past the community of Chester. It collects its east branch from the north at the community of Keno, and enters the Ohio River in Olive Township, approximately one mile (2 km) south of the community of Long Bottom.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Shade River has also been known historically as "Shade Creek" and as "Devils Hole Creek."
At the United States Geological Survey's stream gauge downstream of Chester, the annual mean flow of the river between 1965 and 2012 was 174 cubic feet per second (5 cubic meters per second). The highest recorded flow during the period was 15,600 cfs (442 m³/s) on March 2, 1997. The lowest recorded flow was 0.00 cfs (0 m³/s) on September 5, 2007.
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