Eel River (White River)

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Eel River
Course of the Eel River in the lower center of the picture

Course of the Eel River in the lower center of the picture

Data
Water code US434036
location Indiana (USA)
River system Mississippi River
Drain over White River  → Wabash  → Ohio  → Mississippi  → Gulf of Mexico
Association of Big Walnut Creek and Mill River
39 ° 29 ′ 43 ″  N , 86 ° 57 ′ 5 ″  W.
Source height 176  m
muzzle at Worthington in Greene County in the White River Coordinates: 39 ° 7 '4 "  N , 86 ° 57' 43"  W 39 ° 7 '4 "  N , 86 ° 57' 43"  W.
Mouth height 152  m
Height difference 24 m
Bottom slope 0.28 ‰
length 85 km
Catchment area 3126 km²
Discharge at the Bowling Green
A Eo gauge : 2149 km²
MQ 1932/2016
Mq 1932/2016
26.6 m³ / s
12.4 l / (s km²)
Communities Bowling Green , Worthington

The Eel River is a right tributary of the White River in the US state of Indiana . It has a length of 85 km. Its catchment area covers an area of ​​3126 km². The mean discharge at the Bowling Green gauge is 26.6 m³ / s.

course

The Eel River arises at the confluence of Big Walnut Creek (right) and Mill River (left) in Clay County, about 6 km north of Poland . The Eel River initially flows southwest and passes the village of Bowling Green . It flows in a wide arc around Clay City and changes its direction of flow to the southeast. At Worthington the Eel River finally flows into the White River.

Web links

Commons : Eel River  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Big Walnut Creek in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
  2. Eel River in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
  3. Lower Eel Watershed - 12 Digit HUCs (PDF 670 KB) USDA - NRCS. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  4. USGS 03360000 EEL RIVER AT BOWLING GREEN, IN