Beaucoup Creek is a major tributary of the
Big Muddy River
The Big Muddy River is a river in southern Illinois. It joins the Mississippi River just south of Grand Tower. The Big Muddy has been dammed near Benton, forming Rend Lake.
The Big Muddy has a mud bottom for most of its length.
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Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rockf ...
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The name is pronounced locally as in "Ba Cou".
Beaucoup Creek is in length.
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed May 13, 2011
Cities and counties
The following cities are in the Beaucoup Creek watershed:
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Pinckneyville
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Vergennes
Parts of the following counties are drained by Beaucoup Creek:
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Jackson County
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Perry County
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Washington County
See also
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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 links
Prairie Rivers Network
Rivers of Illinois
Tributaries of the Mississippi River
Rivers of Jackson County, Illinois
Rivers of Perry County, Illinois
Rivers of Washington County, Illinois
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