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The Iowa River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the state of Iowa in the United States. It is about 323 miles (520 km) long [ 3 ] and is open to small river craft to Iowa City , about 65 miles (105 km) from its mouth.
All rivers with average discharge more than 15,000 cubic feet per second are listed. Estimates are approximate, because data are variable with time period measured and also because many rivers lack a gauging station near their point of outflow.
The following is a list of rivers and creeks in Iowa.The rivers are listed by multiple arrangements: . those that form part of the boundaries of the U.S. state of Iowa; ...
One of the earliest French maps that depicts the Des Moines (1703) refers to it as "R. des Otentas," which translates to "River of the Otoe"; the Otoe Tribe lived in the interior of Iowa in the 18th century. [3] The Meskwaki and Sauk people referred to the river as "Ke-o-shaw-qua" (Hermit's River), from which Keosauqua, Iowa, derives its name. [4]
The Big Sioux River is a tributary of the Missouri River in eastern South Dakota and northwestern Iowa in the United States. [2] It flows generally southwardly for 419 mi (674 km), [3] and its watershed is 9,006 sq mi (23,330 km 2). [1] The United States Board on Geographic Names settled on "Big Sioux River" as the stream's name in 1931. [4]
Simplified map of Iowa Bedrock formations of Iowa. The geography of Iowa includes the study of bedrock, landforms, rivers, geology, paleontology and urbanisation of the U.S. state of Iowa. The state covers an area of 56,272.81 sq mi (145,746 km 2).
Cedar River (Iowa River tributary) Chariton River; Clear Creek (Allamakee County, Iowa) Clear Creek (Iowa River tributary) Clear Creek (Ioway Creek tributary) Cloie Branch; Competine Creek (Des Moines River tributary) Coon Creek (Blue Earth River tributary) Cota Creek; Crooked Creek (Iowa River tributary) Crooked Creek (Skunk River tributary)
Excerpt of the Racoon River on the Map of Lewis and Clark's Track, Across the Western Portion of North America, 1814. The Racoon River was first documented on the 1814 map by Lewis and Clark, though the USGS references the name to a later map from 1843 named Hydrological Basin of the Upper Mississippi River based on field measurements by Joseph N. Nicollet during his Midwestern expeditions in ...