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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 River begins with the confluence of the Des Plaines and ...
Wood River is located in western Madison County on the Mississippi River approximately 15 miles (24 km) upstream of downtown St. Louis, Missouri. It is among several contiguous cities and villages that have come to be known as the "Riverbend" area. The current confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers is just south of one of these ...
420841. Map all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap. Wood River (historically, Rivière du Bois) is a 2.4-mile-long (3.9 km) [1] tributary of the Mississippi River, which it joins near East Alton, and Wood River, Illinois, to the northeast of St. Louis, Missouri . The Wood River is formed by the confluence of its West and East forks.
GNIS ID. 424127. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. The Vermilion River is a 74.8-mile-long (120.4 km) [2] tributary of the Illinois River in the state of Illinois, United States. [3] The river flows north, in contrast to a second Vermilion River in Illinois, which flows south to the Wabash River. The Illinois and Wabash rivers each have ...
Rock River → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico. GNIS ID. 416824. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. The Rock River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 299 miles (481 km) long, [ 2][ 3] in the U.S. states of Wisconsin and Illinois. The river was known as the Sinnissippi to Sauk and Meskwaki peoples; the name means "rocky ...
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 shipping connection from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico ...
originally Illinois Central Railroad 41°19′20.63″N 89°04′59.48″W / 41.3223972°N 89.0831889°W / 41.3223972; -89.0831889 Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridge
Woodford County, Illinois. / 40.79°N 89.21°W / 40.79; -89.21. Woodford County is a county located in the state of Illinois. The 2020 United States Census listed its population at 38,467. [ 1] Its county seat is Eureka. [ 2] Woodford County is part of the Peoria, IL, Metropolitan Statistical Area.