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Ohio is the seventh most populous state and is 34th in size by area. Ohio's name comes from the Ohio River, an Iroquois word meaning "great river." Its nickname is the "Buckeye State," named after the Ohio buckeye trees in the state. "Ohio: find it here" was also a slogan developed to promote tourism. Ohio's location, linking the Northeast and the Midwest, has given the state opportunities for economic growth. Ohio has the 10th largest highway network in the United States, as well as numerous cargo ports on Lake Erie, which makes up its northern border. Ohio is bordered by Kentucky to the south and West Virginia to its southeast, with the Ohio River forming those borders. It is also bordered by Pennsylvania to the east, Michigan to the northwest, and Indiana to the west, as well as Canada to the north, where borders meet in the middle of Lake Erie. Most of Ohio is characterized by glaciated plains, making the terrain more gently sloping rather than rugged, unlike the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau, which features rugged hills and forests; the exception is the relatively flat area in the northwest called the Great Black Swamp. Ohio has many large rivers in the state aside from the Ohio River; there is the Cuyahoga River, Great Miami River, Maumee River, Muskingum River, and Scioto River. Grand Lake St. Marys in the west-central part of Ohio was constructed as a supply of water for canals in 1820-1850, which historically helped Ohio's economic success as the canals carried bulk freight for industry. At one time, the lake was the largest artificial lake in the world. Ohio has four distinct seasons; summers are typically hot and humid, and winters are cool and cold, and often there are severe lake effect snowstorms, which mostly affect areas on the southeast shore of Lake Erie, an area dubbed the Snowbelt.

The largest city in Ohio is Columbus, which is also the capital, with Cleveland being the next largest. Other large cities in the state are Cincinnati, Akron, Canton, Toledo, Youngstown, and Mansfield. Ohio's economy ranks as the seventh-largest of all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The largest portion of the economy is made up of manufacturing and financial activities. Ohio also has the largest bioscience sector in the Midwest and is the largest producer in the country of plastics, rubber, fabricated metals, electrical equipment, and appliances. Ohio is also a national leader in the "green" economy. The largest sector by employment is trade, transportation, and utilities, with the health care and education sectors employing the most people after that. Ohio's manufacturing sector is the 3rd largest in the country. Ohio has 13 state universities, in addition to more than 100 state university branches and regional campuses, private colleges and universities, medical schools, community colleges, technical colleges and independent non-profit colleges. With so many large state universities, college sports are also quite well-known and successful. Ohio also has major professional sports teams in baseball, basketball, football, hockey, lacrosse, and soccer, located in the largest cities: Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Columbus. The state has also hosted several auto racing championships and PGA Tour events in professional golf.