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The Wisconsin River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.At approximately 430 miles (692 km) long, it is the state's longest river. The river's name was first recorded in 1673 by Jacques Marquette as "Meskousing" from his Indian guides - most likely Miami for "river running through a red place."
Via the Wisconsin River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 181.7 square miles (470.6 km 2) in the state's Northern Highland region. The river flows for much of its length through a series of lakes ; the network of 28 lakes in the Eagle River's watershed is locally claimed to be the "world's largest chain ...
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Wisconsin.. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
Dells of the Wisconsin River. The Dells of the Wisconsin River, also called the Wisconsin Dells (from Old English “dæl”, modern English “dale”), meaning “valley”, is [1] a 5-mile (8-km) gorge on the Wisconsin River in south-central Wisconsin, USA.
The upper Yellow River in April after spring floods, at County N in Wood County. The Yellow River is a tributary of the Wisconsin River in Clark, Wood and Juneau counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. [1] The Yellow River originates in eastern Clark County. It flows south through Pittsville, Dexter and Babcock in Wood County, and Necedah in
Kickapoo is an Algonquian word meaning "one who goes here, then there", a fitting name as the river is very crooked, frequently doubling back on itself as it flows through the Wisconsin landscape. Because of the extremely crooked path of the river, its source north of Wilton is just 60 miles (97 km) from its mouth at Wauzeka, although the river ...
St. Matthew Island Reindeer Numbers Plummet — 1966. Klein returned to St. Matthew Island in the summer of 1966 and found that the herd of 6,000 had shrunk to only 42 reindeer.
Brule Glacial Spillway is a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources-designated State Natural Area that encompasses the valley of the upper reaches of the Bois Brule River. This valley was carved by the outlet of Glacial Lake Duluth , which occupied what is now the western portion of Lake Superior , during the retreat of the Superior lobe of ...