The Somo River (sometimes called the Big Somo) is a tributary of the
Tomahawk River
The Tomahawk River is a river in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
It is the largest tributary of the Wisconsin River in terms of flow. It begins at Tomahawk Lake in southern Vilas County, flows through Oneida County, and terminates at Lake Mohawks ...
, with headwaters in
Price County, but mostly lying in
Lincoln County. The source is the confluence of Somo Creek and Little Somo Creek in the unincorporated community of
Clifford. The river flows approximately east-southeast, and terminates in
Lake Mohawksin
Lake Mohawksin is the name of the reservoir on the Wisconsin River formed by the Tomahawk Dam. The dam is located about one mile south of the city limits of Tomahawk, Wisconsin. Lake Mohawksin was originally called Lake Tomahawk, but the name was c ...
. Prior to the existence of Lake Mohawksin, which floods the confluence, the Somo flowed into the
Tomahawk
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, just a few hundred yards up stream of its confluence with the
Wisconsin
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.
[See original plat map for Township 35 North Range 6 East, Lincoln County, Wisconsin.]
A primary tributary of the Somo is the
Little Somo River
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, which joins the main river about five miles upstream from Lake Mohawksin.
Somo Lake
Somo, SoMo, or SOMO may refer to:
Places
;In the United States
*Somo, Kentucky, unincorporated community
*Somo, Wisconsin, town
;Elsewhere
*Somo, Mali, commune
Rivers
*Somo River, river in Wisconsin, United States
Music
*SoMo (born 1987), Ameri ...
is on the Little Somo, not the Somo. The Little Somo, Somo Lake and the Somo River are traditionally combined in general reference as the "Somo region."
See also
*
List of rivers in Wisconsin
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
External links
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Rivers of Wisconsin
Rivers of Lincoln County, Wisconsin
Rivers of Price County, Wisconsin
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