North Branch Kishwaukee River | |
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Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | McHenry County northeast of Harvard, Illinois |
• coordinates | 42°26′49″N 88°32′17″W / 42.4469444°N 88.5380556°W |
• elevation | 966 ft (294 m) |
Mouth | |
• location | Confluence with the Kishwaukee east of Marengo, Illinois |
• coordinates | 42°15′57″N 88°33′04″W / 42.2658333°N 88.5511111°W |
• elevation | 810 ft (250 m) |
Length | 17 mi (27 km) |
Basin features | |
Progression | North Branch Kishwaukee River → Kishwaukee → Rock → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico |
GNIS ID | 414567 |
The North Branch Kishwaukee River is a 17.1-mile-long (27.5 km) [1] tributary of the Kishwaukee River in northern Illinois. [2] [3]
The North Branch Kishwaukee River northeast of Harvard, Illinois and flows south through McHenry County. [4] to join the Kishwaukee River east of Marengo. [1] It drains approximately 40 square miles (100 km2) of land area, [4] flowing for 17 miles. [1]
The North Branch Kishwaukee River flows in an east–west direction from its point of origin and has a generally unimpeded flow, save a dam at Belvidere, Illinois. [5] The North Branch has an average width of 50 feet (15 m), but in Boone County the stream becomes both wider and deeper. [5] Nearer its point of origin the North Branch has a substrate of gravel, the substrate becomes sand and silt going further downstream. [5]
North Branch Kishwaukee River | |
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Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | McHenry County northeast of Harvard, Illinois |
• coordinates | 42°26′49″N 88°32′17″W / 42.4469444°N 88.5380556°W |
• elevation | 966 ft (294 m) |
Mouth | |
• location | Confluence with the Kishwaukee east of Marengo, Illinois |
• coordinates | 42°15′57″N 88°33′04″W / 42.2658333°N 88.5511111°W |
• elevation | 810 ft (250 m) |
Length | 17 mi (27 km) |
Basin features | |
Progression | North Branch Kishwaukee River → Kishwaukee → Rock → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico |
GNIS ID | 414567 |
The North Branch Kishwaukee River is a 17.1-mile-long (27.5 km) [1] tributary of the Kishwaukee River in northern Illinois. [2] [3]
The North Branch Kishwaukee River northeast of Harvard, Illinois and flows south through McHenry County. [4] to join the Kishwaukee River east of Marengo. [1] It drains approximately 40 square miles (100 km2) of land area, [4] flowing for 17 miles. [1]
The North Branch Kishwaukee River flows in an east–west direction from its point of origin and has a generally unimpeded flow, save a dam at Belvidere, Illinois. [5] The North Branch has an average width of 50 feet (15 m), but in Boone County the stream becomes both wider and deeper. [5] Nearer its point of origin the North Branch has a substrate of gravel, the substrate becomes sand and silt going further downstream. [5]