The Big River is a minor
tributary
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 ...
of the
Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it f ...
in western
Wisconsin
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in the
United States
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. It flows for its entire length
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed October 5, 2012 in western
Pierce County, rising in the town of
River Falls and flowing south-southwestwardly into the town of
Oak Grove. It enters the Mississippi River about southeast of
Prescott.
DeLorme
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(1992). ''Wisconsin Atlas & Gazetteer''. Freeport, Maine: DeLorme.
See also
*
List of Wisconsin rivers
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Great Lakes Drainage
Lake Michigan
*Menominee River
* ...
References
*
Rivers of Wisconsin
Tributaries of the Mississippi River
Rivers of Pierce County, Wisconsin
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