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Iroquois River (Indiana-Illinois)
| Iroquois River | |
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&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Iroquois_River.jpg) The Iroquois River in Newton County, Indiana. | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | NW of Rensselaer, Newton Township, Jasper County, Indiana |
| • coordinates | 40°57′55″N 87°12′23″W / 40.9652778°N 87.2063889°W |
| • elevation | 705 feet (215 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Kankakee, Illinois |
• coordinates | 41°04′27″N 87°48′59″W / 41.0741993°N 87.8164285°W |
• elevation | 599 feet (183 m) |
| Length | 103 miles (166 km) |
| Basin size | 2,091 sq mi (5,420 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 1,741 cubic feet per second (49.3 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Iroquois River → Kankakee → Illinois → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico |
| GNIS ID | 410927 |
The Iroquois River is a 103-mile-long (166 km)[1] tributary of the Kankakee River in the Central Corn Belt Plains of northwestern Indiana and northeastern Illinois in the United States.[2] It was named for the Iroquois people.[3] Via the Kankakee and Illinois rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 13, 2011
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Iroquois River
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 166.
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