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The Maumee River (pronounced )〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Maumee – Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary )〕 (Shawnee: ''Hotaawathiipi'') is a river in northwestern Ohio and northeastern Indiana in the United States. It is formed at Fort Wayne, Indiana by the confluence of the St. Joseph and St. Marys rivers, and meanders northeastwardly for 〔U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. (The National Map ), accessed May 19, 2011〕 through an agricultural region of glacial moraines before flowing into the Maumee Bay of Lake Erie at the city of Toledo, Ohio. It was designated an Ohio State Scenic River on July 18, 1974. The Maumee watershed is Ohio’s breadbasket, two-thirds farmland, mostly corn and soybeans. The Maumee supplies 5 percent of Lake Erie’s water.〔 ==History== Historically the river was also known as the "Miami" in United States treaties with Native Americans. As early as 1671, French colonists called the river was called ''Miami du Lac,'' or Miami of the Lake (in contrast to the "Miami of the Ohio" or the Great Miami River). Maumee is an anglicized spelling of the Ottawa name for the Miami Indians, ''Maamii''. The Battle of Fallen Timbers, the final battle of the Northwest Indian War, was fought 3/4 mile (1.2 km) north of the banks of the Maumee River. After this decisive victory for General Anthony Wayne, Native Americans ceded a twelve mile square tract around Perrysburg and Maumee to the United States by the Treaty of Greenville in 1795.〔 - Text of Treaty of Greenville Library of Congress〕 Lands north of the river and downstream of Defiance were ceded in 1807,〔 - Text of Treaty of Detroit Library of Congress〕 and the rest of the Maumee River valley was ceded in 1817.〔 - Text of Treaty of Fort Meigs Library of Congress〕 Prior to the development of canals, portages between the rivers were important trade routes. US forces built forts such as Fort Loramie, Fort Recovery, and Fort Defiance. In honor of General Wayne's victory on the banks of the Maumee, the primary bridge crossing the river near downtown Toledo is named the Anthony Wayne Suspension Bridge. A dispute over control of part of the Maumee River region led to the so-called Toledo War between Ohio and the Michigan Territory. Agricultural practices along the Maumee River contributed to phosphate levels in Lake Erie which triggered algae blooms in the lake, which rendered drinking water from the city of Toledo unsafe for consumption. 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「Maumee River」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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