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The river has shifted course several times along the Indiana and Illinois border, creating cutoffs where parts of the river are entirely in either Indiana or Illinois. However, both states generally regard the middle of the river as the state border.
Wabash River: Illinois, Indiana; Montreal River: Michigan, Wisconsin; The course of the Charles River was used to indirectly define the border between Massachusetts and Rhode Island. [citation needed] The Merrimack River defines part of the border between Massachusetts and New Hampshire, which runs parallel to the river, three miles north of it ...
Yellow River; Youngs Creek (Johnson County, Indiana) Youngs Creek (Orange County, Indiana) 1 Nominally in Illinois, Bonpas creek is now along Indiana-Illinois border due to a shift in the course of the Wabash River.
Nearly the entire western boundary of Illinois is the Mississippi River, except for a few areas where the river has changed course. Illinois' southeastern and southern boundary is along the Wabash River and the Ohio River, whereas its northern boundary and much of its eastern boundary are straight survey (longitudinal and latitudinal) lines ...
Fox River (Illinois River tributary) – 199 miles (320 km) Pecatonica River – 194 miles (312 km) Saint Louis River – 192 miles (309 km) Chippewa River – 191 miles (307 km) The Wisconsin River is the longest river that is entirely within Wisconsin, though its source is a lake that is partially in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Wabash River and Ohio River: Evansville, Indiana metro area. See Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area. Illinois: Indiana: Michigan: Lake Michigan: Known as either the Indiana Dunes or the Michigan Dunes Area Illinois: Iowa: Wisconsin
With the Kankakee River, the Illinois River watershed stretches from the Illinois border in northwest Indiana and up into Michigan's Berrien County, adjacent to St. Joseph County. This drainage area include most of the state known as the Northwest Indiana , including the city of La Porte but excluding the area north of the Valparaiso Moraine ...
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 ]