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The Illinois River (Miami-Illinois: Inoka Siipiiwi [4]) is a principal tributary of the Mississippi River at approximately 273 miles (439 km) in length. Located in the U.S. state of Illinois , [ 5 ] the river has a drainage basin of 28,756.6 square miles (74,479 km 2 ). [ 6 ]
The Illinois Waterway system consists of 336 miles (541 km) of navigable water from the mouth of the Calumet River at Chicago to the mouth of the Illinois River at Grafton, Illinois. Based primarily on the Illinois River , it is a system of rivers, lakes, and canals that provide a commercial shipping connection from the Great Lakes to the Gulf ...
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Map of the Des Plaines River drainage basin. The Des Plaines River (/ d ɪ s ˈ p l eɪ n z / diss-PLAYNZ) is a river that flows southward for 133 miles (214 km) [2] through southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois [3] in the United States Midwest, eventually meeting the Kankakee River west of Channahon to form the Illinois River, a tributary of the Mississippi River.
IL 78 south / IL 97 south / Illinois River Road – Havana: Western end of IL 78 and Illinois River Road overlap; eastern end of IL 97 overlap 98.0: 157.7: IL 78 north – Canton: Banner: 108.4: 174.5: IL 9 west – Canton: Western end of IL 9 overlap: Peoria 122.3: 196.8: IL 9 east – Pekin: Eastern end of IL 9 overlap: Peoria–Bartonville ...
Illinois Route 100 (IL-100) is a 159.09-mile-long (256.03 km) state highway in the southwest Illinois. It generally parallels the Illinois River. Starting in downtown Alton, it trends northward to Buckheart Township near Canton. It makes up much of the Illinois River Road, a U.S. National Scenic Byway. [1]
The name of the river comes from a Pottawatomie word Sain-guee-mon [needs IPA] meaning "where there is plenty to eat." In the 18th century, groups of the Kickapoo settled along the river. In the middle 18th century, the region near the river was the scene of a conflict between the Illini and Meskwaki as part of the larger French and Iroquois Wars.
The Big Bureau Creek is a 73-mile-long (117 km) [1] tributary of the Illinois River in north central Illinois. [2] It rises approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of Mendota and flows southwest into Bureau County, turning south at Princeton and then flowing east into the Illinois River floodplain.