Talk:Teays River

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[edit] Stream capture

Is this really an example of stream capture? I was under the impression that the Teays was happily flowing across central Ohio and Indiana until the Ice Age plunked down a mile-thick slab of ice in its way. The water running off the west side of the Appalachians had to skirt the edge of the ice sheet, and eventually dug a new channel, which was deep enough to remain after the ice melted. It doesn't seem like a coincidence that the Ohio--and Missouri--now run roughly along the terminal moraines of the ice sheet. —wwoods 03:00, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Yes, I think it is. Consider this map [1]. The galaciation of Ohio did not extend as far south as Portsmouth. I have been through there many times, and the area clearly does not share the same characteristics as the plains of northern Indiana and Illinois. I think that the prevailing hypothesis is that glaciation altered the course of the present-day Allegheny, causing it to meet the Monogahela and form the Ohio, which departed from the glacial boundary and flowed west, capturing the Teays.

This article is way too Ohio-centric. It needs to mention the remaining Teays-Mahomet aquifer, and the still remaining New-Kanawha river system which was the upper third of the ancient Teays-Mahomet system and still exists today. A link to New River (West Virginia) and Kanawha River would be appropriate. The Teays flowed under what is present-day Lafayette, IN and just north of Champaign, IL, and likely was coincident with the lower present-day Illinois River. Many sources exist on the web. Would do this myself, but I am too busy right now. -Mm35173 19:29, 11 August 2005 (UTC)