REGIONAL INFORMATION
Watersheds
When aboveground and underground water in an area drains to a central location, then that area of land can be designated as a watershed. There is a total of 2,110 watersheds in the continental U.S. The Ohio Valley has 120 major watersheds.
Rivers
The Hocking River runs 102 miles and the Ohio River runs 981 miles. They are the two major rivers in the region.
Water flow
Direction water flows into regional watersheds. Gravity and force affect the direction of water flow into regional watersheds.
Energy Extraction
Extraction industries and business activities including coal removal and oil and natural gas removal.
WOUB sites and Reach
WOUB-FM is a National Public Radio member station broadcasting at FM 91.3 in Athens, Ohio, from Ohio University. The radio station and website serves most of southern and southeastern Ohio, plus portions of neighboring West Virginia and Kentucky, through repeater stations.
State Parks
Ohio has 74 state parks in 59 counties covering approximately 174,000 acres of land and water resources. West Virginia has 36 state parks covering a little more than 75,000 acres.
Urban Areas
The largest county by population in the WOUB region of the Ohio Valley is Kanawha County, West Virginia. Kanawha includes Charleston, the state capital. With a 2010 census population of 193,063, it is the most populous county in West Virginia.
The Appalachian Ohio Valley
