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The Saline River, also known as Saline Creek, is a 202-mile-long (325 km) [2] tributary of the Ouachita River in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Arkansas. [3] It is the longest river that flows entirely within the state of Arkansas. The Saline River begins in the eastern foothills of the Ouachita Mountains in Saline and Garland ...
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, all ...
By 1817, the river was known as the "Grand Saline". [8] The Pawnee and the Kanza, who used the area as hunting and trapping ground, claimed land along the Saline until the 1850s when American settlers began to arrive. The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 established Kansas Territory, which included the
The Saline River is an 80-mile-long (130 km) [3] tributary of the Little River in southwestern Arkansas in the United States. Via the Little and Red rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River .
The Illinois Salines, also known as the Saline Springs or Great Salt Springs, is a salt spring site located along the Saline River in Gallatin County, Illinois.The site was a source of salt for Illinois' prehistoric settlers and is now an archaeological site with a large quantity of organic remains.
Saline River (Ouachita River tributary), in southern Arkansas; Saline River (Illinois), a tributary of the Ohio River; Saline River (Kansas), a tributary of the Smoky Hill River Battle of the Saline River, August 1867; Saline River (Michigan), a tributary of the River Raisin; Saline Bayou, in Winn Parish, Louisiana, a tributary of the Red River
Saline River Dam, Saline. The Saline River is a 45.6-mile-long (73.4 km) [2] river in southeastern Michigan in the United States.A tributary of the River Raisin, it originates in Washtenaw County; flows through the cities of Saline and Milan, where it enters Monroe County; then joins the River Raisin at the village of Dundee.
Topographic maps show the bluffs that rise from the Saline River that wraps the northeast part of the city. [47] Harrisburg is located at the ending point of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, which covered about 85 percent of Illinois.