Sayoto

Saioto ( born Scioto , pronounced / saɪˈoʊtə / ) is a river in central and southern Ohio with a length of over 372 kilometers ^[1] . Begins in Ogleise County in western central Ohio, flows through the city of Columbus , where the largest of its tributaries, , flows into it, and flows into the Ohio River in Portsmouth .

Sayoto
English Scioto
Characteristic
Length	372 km
Swimming pool	16 879 km²
Water consumption	189 m³ / s
Watercourse
Source(T) (B)
• Coordinates
Mouth (T) (B)	Ohio
• Coordinates
Location
Water system	Ohio → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico
A country	USA
Region	Ohio
- source - mouth

The river is too small for modern commercial shipping. Basically, the economic significance of the river lies in the fact that it is a place for tourist recreation and a source of drinking water .

In the valley of the Sayoto River, from ancient times, various tribes of Indians lived. Of these, the culture of the Mound Builders of the Hopwell tradition is most famous. Numerous burial mounds have survived to this day near the town of Chillicoti in the Hopewell National Historical Park of Culture . In pre-Columbian times, the territory of this culture spread east to Virginia .

In the years shortly before the Civil War in the United States, the Sayoto River served as the waterway for the “ Underground Railroad, ” a system of routes by which runaway slaves from the South were transported to the North.