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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 ...
Starved Rock State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Illinois, characterized by the many canyons within its 2,630 acres (1,064 ha).Located just southeast of the village of Utica, in Deer Park Township, LaSalle County, Illinois, along the south bank of the Illinois River, the park hosts over two million visitors annually, the most for any Illinois state park.
The Illinois River, as seen from Starved Rock State Park. The dam (upper-left center) is part of the infrastructure of the Illinois Waterway. From 1905 to 1915, more freshwater fish were harvested from the Illinois River than from any other river in the United States except for the Columbia River. The Illinois River was once a major source of ...
The lock at Starved Rock Lock and Dam is an Ohio River Standard navigational lock of 110 by 600 feet (34 by 183 m). [1] The lock has a drop/lift of about 18 feet (5 m). [ 2 ] [ 5 ] The chamber of the lock is formed by two parallel gravity section walls 38 feet (12 m) tall on the north and south. [ 1 ]
Lake Van: salt lake: Turkey [34] 1.40 Qinghai Lake: salt lake China [35] 1.25: Caspian Sea: salt lake: Eastern Europe/ Western Asia [36] 1.14: Sarygamysh Lake: salt lake: Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan [37] 1.00–1.20: Sea of Azov: mediterranean sea: Ukraine, Russia [38] [39] 0.8–1.0: Baltic Sea: marginal sea: Northern Europe [40] [n 2] 0.59 ...
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Salt Creek (Sangamon River tributary) Salt Fork Vermilion River; Sangamon River; Shoal Creek; Sinsinawa River; Skillet Fork; Skokie River; Somonauk Creek; South Branch Chicago River; South Branch Kishwaukee River; Spoon River; Stillman Creek; Sugar Creek; Sugar River; Thorn Creek; Tyler Creek, (not to be confused with a creek of the same in ...
Matthiessen State Park is an Illinois state park located a few miles south of the more famous Starved Rock State Park. The main entrances to both parks are located on Illinois State Route 178. The main entrances to both parks are located on Illinois State Route 178.