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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 ...
The Ohio River at Cairo is 281,500 cu ft/s (7,960 m 3 /s); [2] and the Mississippi River at Thebes, Illinois, which is upstream of the confluence, is 208,200 cu ft/s (5,897 m 3 /s). [66] The Ohio River flow is greater than that of the Mississippi River, so hydrologically the Ohio River is the main stream of the river system.
A tow may consist of four or six barges on smaller waterways and up to over 40 barges on the Mississippi River below its confluence with the Ohio River. A 15-barge tow is common on the larger rivers with locks, such as the Ohio, Upper Mississippi, Illinois and Tennessee rivers. Such tows are an extremely efficient mode of transportation, moving ...
Little River, Eel River, Tippecanoe River, Vermilion River, Little Vermilion River, Embarras River, Little Wabash River. The Wabash River / ˈwɔːbæʃ / (French: Ouabache) is a 503-mile-long (810 km) [2] river that drains most of the state of Indiana, and a significant part of Illinois, in the United States.
New Albany and Louisville. 1912. 38°16′57″N 85°48′05″W / 38.28250°N 85.80139°W / 38.28250; -85.80139. McAlpine Locks and Dam (Only to Shippingport Island, not all the way across river) New Albany and Louisville. (Falls of the Ohio) 1830. 38°16′41″N 85°47′25″W / 38.278087°N 85.790408°W / 38.278087 ...
Great Lakes Waterway. The Soo Locks between Lake Superior and the St. Marys River. The Great Lakes Waterway (GLW) is a system of natural channels and artificial locks and canals which enable navigation between the North American Great Lakes. [1] Though all of the lakes are naturally connected as a chain, water travel between the lakes was ...
The Saline River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 27 miles (43 km) long, [ 3] in the Southern Illinois region of the U.S. state of Illinois. The river drains a large section of southeast Illinois, with a drainage basin of 1,762 square miles (4,564 km 2 ). The major tributaries include the South Fork, Middle Fork and North Fork ...
Length. 6,000 mi (9,700 km) The Great Loop is a system of waterways that encompasses the eastern portion of the United States and part of Canada. It is made up of both natural and man-made waterways, including the Atlantic and Gulf Intracoastal Waterways, the Great Lakes, the Erie Canal, and the Mississippi and Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. [1 ...