Watersheds of Indiana

This drainage area include most of the state known as the Northwest Indiana, including the city of La Porte but excluding the area north of the Valparaiso Moraine which drains into Lake Michigan.

This drainage area includes the cities of Evansville, Richmond and New Albany as well as the Indiana suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio.

By far the largest watershed in the state, the Wabash River drainage area contains the several large cities, including Indianapolis and the extreme western part of Fort Wayne.

Other cities included in the area are Bloomington, Muncie, Lafayette, Anderson and Terre Haute.

Many towns of this area have "Watermelon Festivals" such as Owensville, Poseyville and Vincennes (Knox County) usually at harvest time (first weeks of August).

In the above map, The largest area, shaded in green, drains into the Wabash River . Of the other watersheds, the blue areas drain into Lake Michigan , the yellow area drains into the Illinois River , the pink area drains into the Maumee River , the gray area drains into the Ohio River .