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Salt Creek (Little Wabash River Tributary)
Salt Creek is a tributary of the Little Wabash River, which it joins near Edgewood, Illinois, near the boundary between Effingham and Clay counties. There are at least two other "Salt Creeks" in Illinois: Salt Creek (Des Plaines River tributary) and Salt Creek (Sangamon River tributary). Salt Creek is about in length.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 19, 2011 Cities, towns and counties Salt Creek drains the following cities, towns and villages: * Effingham * T-town * Watson Salt Creek drains parts of the following Illinois counties: *Cumberland County * Effingham County See also *List of Illinois rivers This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Illinois: By drainage basin Gulf of Mexico *Mississippi River **Ohio River ***Lusk Creek *** Saline River ***Wabash River ****Little Wabash River *****Skillet Fork ***** Elm River ***** Fox River **** ... References External linksPrairie Rivers Netwo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confluence
In geography, a confluence (also: ''conflux'') occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); or where two streams meet to become the source of a river of a new name (such as the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers at Pittsburgh, forming the Ohio); or where two separated channels of a river (forming a river island) rejoin at the downstream end. Scientific study of confluences Confluences are studied in a variety of sciences. Hydrology studies the characteristic flow patterns of confluences and how they give rise to patterns of erosion, bars, and scour pools. The water flows and their consequences are often studied with mathematical models. Confluences are relevant to the distribution of living organisms (i.e., ecology) as well; "the general pattern ownstream of confluencesof increasing stream flow and decreasing s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salt Creek (Sangamon River Tributary)
Salt Creek is a major tributary to the Sangamon River, which it joins at the boundary between Mason and Menard County, Illinois. There are at least two other Salt Creeks in Illinois, Salt Creek (Des Plaines River Tributary), and in Effingham County, Illinois. Salt Creek is about in length.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 From its headwaters near Saybrook, Illinois, it runs generally westward to the main stem of the Sangamon near Greenview. The largest lake formed by Salt Creek is Clinton Lake near Clinton, which provides cooling water for the Clinton Nuclear Generating Station. The lower reaches of Salt Creek at one time formed the boundary between Mason and Menard counties. This stretch has been channelized so that the modern route of the creek only approximates the actual county line. The major tributaries of Salt Creek include Sugar Creek, Kickapoo Creek, and the North Fork of Salt Cree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tributaries Of The Wabash River
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean. The Irtysh is a chief tributary of the Ob river and is also the longest tributary river in the world with a length of . The Madeira River is the largest tributary river by volume in the world with an average discharge of . A confluence, where two or more bodies of water meet, usually refers to the joining of tributaries. The opposite to a tributary is a distributary, a river or stream that branches off from and flows away from the main stream. PhysicalGeography.net, Michael Pidwirny & Scott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Illinois
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Illinois: By drainage basin Gulf of Mexico *Mississippi River **Ohio River ***Lusk Creek *** Saline River ***Wabash River ****Little Wabash River *****Skillet Fork ***** Elm River ***** Fox River ***** Salt Creek ****Bonpas Creek ****Embarras River (Illinois) ***** North Fork Embarras River ***** Little Embarras River **** Little Vermilion River **** Vermilion River *****Middle Fork Vermilion River *****Salt Fork Vermilion River ******Saline Branch *******Boneyard Creek ** Cache River *** Cypress Creek **Big Muddy River ***Beaucoup Creek *** Little Muddy River *** Casey Creek (Casey Fork) ** Marys River *** Little Marys River **Kaskaskia River *** Shoal Creek *** West Okaw River ** Palmer Creek **Wood River **Illinois River ***Macoupin Creek *** Big Sandy Creek ***La Moine River ***Sangamon River **** Salt Creek ****Spring Creek **** Sugar Creek ***** Lick Creek ***Spoon River ***Mackinaw River ****Little Mackinaw River **** Panther Cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Illinois Rivers
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Illinois: By drainage basin Gulf of Mexico *Mississippi River **Ohio River ***Lusk Creek *** Saline River ***Wabash River ****Little Wabash River *****Skillet Fork ***** Elm River ***** Fox River ***** Salt Creek ****Bonpas Creek ****Embarras River (Illinois) ***** North Fork Embarras River ***** Little Embarras River **** Little Vermilion River **** Vermilion River *****Middle Fork Vermilion River *****Salt Fork Vermilion River ******Saline Branch *******Boneyard Creek ** Cache River *** Cypress Creek **Big Muddy River ***Beaucoup Creek *** Little Muddy River *** Casey Creek (Casey Fork) ** Marys River *** Little Marys River **Kaskaskia River *** Shoal Creek *** West Okaw River ** Palmer Creek **Wood River **Illinois River ***Macoupin Creek *** Big Sandy Creek ***La Moine River ***Sangamon River **** Salt Creek ****Spring Creek **** Sugar Creek ***** Lick Creek ***Spoon River ***Mackinaw River ****Little Mackinaw River **** Panther Cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumberland County, Illinois
Cumberland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the population was 11,048. Its county seat is Toledo. Cumberland County is part of the Charleston– Mattoon, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Cumberland County was created on March 2, 1823, from parts of Coles County. It is named for the National Road (Cumberland Road), which was projected to run through it. File:Cumberland County Illinois 1843.png, Cumberland County at the time of its creation in 1823 Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.3%) is water. Climate and weather In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Toledo have ranged from a low of in January to a high of in July, although a record low of was recorded in January 1985 (jobs) and a record high of was recorded in July 1954. Average monthly precipitation ranged from in January to in June. Adjacent counties * Coles Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watson, Illinois
Watson is a village in Effingham County, Illinois, United States. The population was 668 at the 2020 census. Watson is part of the Effingham, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area. The village was named after George Watson, a railroad official. Geography Watson is located in south-central Effingham County at (39.024538, -88.568394). Illinois Route 37 passes through the village, leading east to U.S. Route 45 and south to Interstate 57 at Exit 151. Effingham, the county seat, is north via US 45. According to the 2010 census, Watson has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 729 people, 245 households, and 191 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 264 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 98.22% White, 0.41% Native American, 0.14% Asian, 0.41% Pacific Islander, 0.69% from other races, and 0.14% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Effingham, Illinois
Effingham is a city in and the county seat of Effingham County, Illinois, Effingham County, Illinois, United States. It is in South Central Illinois. Its population was 12,252 at the 2020 census. The city is part of the Effingham, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area. The city bills itself as "The Crossroads of Opportunity" because of its location at the intersection of two major Interstate highways: I-57 (IL), I-57 running from Chicago to Sikeston, Missouri, and I-70 (IL), I-70 running from Utah to Maryland. It is also served by U.S. Route 45, which runs from Ontonagon, Michigan to Mobile, Alabama, U.S. Route 40 in Illinois, U.S. Route 40, the historic National Road, which stretches from Atlantic City, New Jersey to Silver Summit, Utah, and Illinois Route 32, Illinois routes 32 and Illinois Route 33, 33 also run through the city. It is also a major railroad junction, the crossing of the Illinois Central main line from Chicago to Memphis with the Pennsylvania Railroad line from India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salt Creek (Des Plaines River Tributary)
Salt Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 stream in northeastern Illinois. It is an important tributary of the Des Plaines River, part of the Illinois River and ultimately the Mississippi River watersheds. It rises in northwest Cook County at Wilke Marsh in Palatine and flows in a meandering course generally southward through DuPage County, returning to central Cook County and emptying into the Des Plaines River in Riverside, Illinois. Most of the creek's watershed is urbanized, densely populated and flood-prone. Flood control dams were constructed along the creek in 1978 within the Ned Brown Forest Preserve near Elk Grove Village, Illinois, creating the Busse Lake. A diversion tunnel was constructed approximately north of the confluence with the Des Plaines River, at a point where the two streams are separated by only . Tributary streams include Addison Creek. The Graue Mill hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teutopolis, Illinois
Teutopolis is a village in Effingham County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 1,618. Geography Teutopolis is located in northeastern Effingham County at (39.132125, -88.478435). U.S. Route 40 (National Road) passes through the center of the village, leading west into Effingham, the county seat, and east to Montrose. According to the 2010 census, Teutopolis has a total area of , all land. History Teutopolis, "City of the Teutons", or Germans, was established in 1839 along the National Road, now U.S. Route 40. It is the only town in the United States with this name. Teutopolis did not evolve as the accidental by-product of a trading post, church, inn, stage coach relay station, or junction of roadways or railroads, but was the result of much thought and controversy, hard-headed economy, investigation, planning and a vast amount of patience. Clemens Uptmor from the Duchy of Oldenburg, and Kingdom of Hanover, Germany, came to the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clay County, Illinois
Clay County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 13,815. Since 1842, its county seat has been Louisville, in the center of the county's area. In 1950, the U.S. Census Bureau placed the mean center of U.S. population in Clay County. History The future Clay County had been inhabited for thousands of years by the Illiniwek Indians (the remains of an Indian village's burial ground are still visible west of Ingraham). White explorers used or cleared a trail between the future settlements of Saint Louis in Missouri, to Vincennes in Indiana; this became a mail route in 1805. The first white settler (McCauley, from Kentucky) built a cabin in 1809 near this road at its intersection with a trail from Vandalia to Mt. Carmel. He was driven out by the Indians, but had returned by 1819, by which time other cabins had been constructed in the area, which was originally called Habbardsville. The Indians were removed from the area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgewood, Illinois
Edgewood is a village in Effingham County, Illinois, United States. The population was 440 at the 2010 census, down from 527 at the 2000 census. Edgewood is part of the Effingham, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Edgewood was founded in the 1850s when the railroad was extended to that point. The village was named from its location near the edge of a forest. A post office has been in operation at Edgewood since 1858. Geography Edgewood is located on the southern edge of Effingham County at (38.923302, -88.662433). The village's southern border follows the Clay County line. Illinois Route 37 passes through the village, leading northeast to Mason and southwest to Farina. Interstate 57 crosses the northwest corner of the village, with access from Exit 145 (Iowa Street); I-57 leads northeast to Effingham and southwest to Salem. According to the 2010 census, Edgewood has a total area of , of which (or 98.91%) is land and (or 1.09%) is water. Demographics As of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
