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633 ft (193 m) Length. 61.3 miles (98.7 km) Basin size. Approximately 500 sq mi (1,300 km 2) [2] Basin features. River system. Mississippi River. The La Crosse River is a 61.3-mile-long (98.7 km) [3] tributary of the Mississippi River in southwestern Wisconsin in the United States .
The Black River is a river in west-central Wisconsin and tributary of the Mississippi River. The river is approximately 190 miles (310 km) long. [3] During the 19th century, pine logs were rafted down the Black, heading for sawmills at La Crosse and points beyond.
The Driftless Area, also known as Bluff Country and the Paleozoic Plateau, is a topographical and cultural region in the Midwestern United States [1] that comprises southwestern Wisconsin, southeastern Minnesota, northeastern Iowa, and the extreme northwestern corner of Illinois. The Driftless Area is a USDA Level III Ecoregion: Ecoregion 52.
The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge is a 240,000-acre (970 km 2 ), [2] 261-mile long (420 km) National Wildlife Refuge located in and along the Upper Mississippi River. It runs from Wabasha, Minnesota in the north to Rock Island, Illinois in the south. ( United States Fish and Wildlife Service)
In terms of geologic and hydrographic history, the Upper Mississippi east and south of Fort Snelling is a portion of the now-extinct Glacial River Warren which carved the valley of the Minnesota River, permitting the immense Glacial Lake Agassiz to join the world's oceans at the Gulf of Mexico. The collapse of ice dams holding back Glacial Lake ...
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. ... La Crosse River. Little La Crosse River; Black ...
La Crosse ( / ləˈkrɒs / lə-KROSS) [ 6] is a city in and the county seat of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States. Positioned alongside the Mississippi River, La Crosse is the largest city on Wisconsin's western border. [ 7] La Crosse's population was 52,680 as of the 2020 census. [ 2]
The rivers that feed the Tulare Lake Basin, normally sapped for irrigation, swelled during last winter's historic storms, overwhelming levees and reviving the basin's ancient lake. (Robert ...