Des Plaines River

Des Plaines River
Data
Water code	US :  421765
location	Illinois , Wisconsin (USA)
River system	Mississippi River
Drain over	Illinois River  → Mississippi River  → Gulf of Mexico
source	at Union Grove in Racine County, Wisconsin, 42 ° 40 ′ 32 "  N , 88 ° 1 ′ 21"  W
Confluence with	Kankakee River to Illinois River Coordinates: 41 ° 23 ′ 30 "  N , 88 ° 15 ′ 30"  W 41 ° 23 ′ 30 "  N , 88 ° 15 ′ 30"  W
Mouth height	154  m
length	214 km
Catchment area	4025 km² (without DuPage River)
Discharge at the Des Plaines A Eo gauge : 932 km²	MQ 1941/2016 Mq 1941/2016	9.1 m³ / s 9.8 l / (s km²)
Discharge at the Lemont A Eo gauge : 1787 km²	MQ 2012/2016 Mq 2012/2016	24 m³ / s 13.4 l / (s km²)
Discharge at the gauge Joliet A Eo : 3890 km² Location: 25 km above the mouth	MQ 2006/2016 Mq 2006/2016	108 m³ / s 27.8 l / (s km²)
Right tributaries	Salt Creek , DuPage River
Medium-sized cities	Joliet , Des Plaines
Small towns	Gurnee , Libertyville
Confluence of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
Des Plaines River in Joliet
Des Plaines River in Lake County in northern Illinois

The Des Plaines River is the right headwaters of the Illinois River in the US states of Illinois and Wisconsin . It has a length of 214 km. The catchment area (excluding the DuPage River ) covers an area of ​​4025 km² (3418 km² in Illinois, 607 km² in Wisconsin). The mean discharge in Joliet is 108 m³ / s. This level is located below the confluence of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal .

course

The Des Plaines River rises 2 km east-southeast of Union Grove in Racine County in southeast Wisconsin. The river initially flows south, then a little east. It then turns south and runs for 80 km parallel to the west bank of Lake Michigan, about 10 km away . After a total of 46 kilometers of river he crosses the border to Illinois. It later passes Gurnee , Libertyville and Des Plaines and several western suburbs of Chicago . Then he turns to the southwest. The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal now runs roughly 40 km parallel to the Des Plaines River before it flows into it at Joliet. Another 25 km downstream, the Des Plaines River finally meets the Kankakee River , with which it forms the Illinois River. The most important natural tributary is the DuPage River, which flows into the Des Plaines River from the right just a few kilometers above the Kankakee River.

Web links

Commons : Des Plaines River  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

• Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources: I Fish Illinois: Des Plaines River

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Des Plaines River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
2. ↑ ^{a b} Des Plaines Watershed Discovery - About the Des Plaines . www.illinoisfloodmaps.org. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
3. ↑ USGS 05529000 DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR DES PLAINES, IL
4. ↑ USGS 05533600 DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR LEMONT, IL
5. ↑ USGS 05537980 DES PLAINES RIVER AT ROUTE 53 AT JOLIET, IL