Kankakee River

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Kankakee River
Railway bridge at Kankakee

Railway bridge at Kankakee

Data
Water code US :  411304
location Illinois , Indiana (USA)
River system Mississippi River
Drain over Illinois River  → Mississippi River  → Gulf of Mexico
source 15 km west-southwest of South Bend,
41 ° 36 ′ 22 "  N , 86 ° 24 ′ 51"  W
Confluence with Des Plaines 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 13,340 km²
Runoff at Wilmington
A Eo gauge: 13,340 km² 		MQ 1936/2016
Mq 1936/2016
 		138 m³ / s
10.3 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries Iroquois River , Yellow River
Small towns Kankakee , Momence , Wilmington

The Kankakee River is the left headwaters of the Illinois River in the US states of Indiana and Illinois . It has a length of 214 km and drains an area of ​​13,340 km². The mean discharge is 138 m³ / s.

course

The Kankakee River rises 15 km west-southwest of South Bend in northern Indiana. It flows for the first 100 kilometers in a west-southwest direction. He picks up the Yellow River from the left. He later crossed the Illinois border and passed the village of Momence . The Iroquois River , the most important tributary of the Kankakee River, flows into the river on the left. The Kanakee River then turns to the northwest. It flows past the towns of Kankakee and Wilmington . Eventually it meets the Des Plaines River , with which it forms the Illinois River.

nature and environment

Almost 18 kilometers of the river on the lower reaches between Kankakee and Wilmington lie in the Kankakee River State Park .

The Kankakee River is popular for fishing and canoeing. The main types of fish that are caught in the river are: black bass , glass eye bass , ictalurus punctatus ( channel catfish ), stone bass and pike .

Web links

Commons : Kankakee River  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kankakee River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
  2. ↑ a b USGS 05527500 KANKAKEE RIVER NEAR WILMINGTON, IL
  3. ↑ a b c I Fish Illinois: Kanakee River . Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources. Retrieved June 30, 2017.