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Flood control dams were constructed along the creek in 1978 within the Ned Brown Forest Preserve near Elk Grove Village, Illinois, creating the 590-acre (2.4 km 2) Busse Lake. A diversion tunnel was constructed approximately 1.6 miles (2.6 km) north of the confluence with the Des Plaines River, at a point where the two streams are separated by ...
Salt Creek is a major tributary to the Sangamon River, which it joins at the boundary between Mason and Menard County, Illinois. [2] There are at least two other Salt Creeks in Illinois, Salt Creek (Des Plaines River Tributary), and in Effingham County, Illinois. Salt Creek is about 110 miles (180 km) in length. [3]
Salt Creek is a tributary of the Little Wabash River, which it joins near Edgewood, Illinois, near the boundary between Effingham and Clay counties. [1] There are at least two other "Salt Creeks" in Illinois: Salt Creek (Des Plaines River tributary) and Salt Creek (Sangamon River tributary). Salt Creek is about 18.5 miles (29.8 km) in length. [2]
Saline Branch of the Salt Fork in Crystal Lake Park in Urbana. The Salt Fork is a tributary of the Vermilion River located in the Central Corn Belt Plains of Illinois. [1]The Salt Fork owes its name to saline springs that provided natural salt licks for animals, and which were used for production of salt by Native Americans and early settlers.
Equality is located in western Gallatin County at (37.736472, -88.344473), [4] on the north side of the Saline River, a southeast-flowing tributary of the Ohio According to the 2010 census, Equality has a total area of 0.906 square miles (2.35 km 2 ), of which 0.89 square miles (2.31 km 2 ) (or 98.23%) is land and 0.016 square miles (0.04 km 2 ...
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 ...
Mississippi River. Ohio River. Lusk Creek; Saline River; Wabash River. Little Wabash River. Skillet Fork; Elm River; Fox River; Salt Creek; Bonpas Creek; Embarras River (Illinois) North Fork Embarras River; Little Embarras River; Little Vermilion River; Vermilion River. Middle Fork Vermilion River; Salt Fork Vermilion River. Saline Branch ...
This category is for articles about dams in the U.S. state of ... Pages in category "Dams in Illinois" ... List of locks and dams of the Ohio River; 0–9. Lock and ...