The
Maumee River (pronounced ) (
Shawnee:
Hotaawathiipi) is a
river running from northeastern
Indiana into northwestern
Ohio and
Lake Erie in the
United States. It is formed at the confluence of the
St. Joseph and
St. Marys rivers, where
Fort Wayne, Indiana has developed, and meanders northeastwardly for through an
agricultural region of
glacial moraines before flowing into the
Maumee Bay of
Lake Erie.
Toledo, Ohio developed at the Maumee River's mouth. 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 watershed is the largest of any of the rivers feeding the Great Lakes, and supplies 5 percent of Lake Erie’s water.