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Kishwaukee River
Kishwaukee River in DeKalb, Illinois, May 2006
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationCropsey Moraine, south of Woodstock, Illinois
 • coordinates42°17′45″N 88°26′52″W / 42.29583°N 88.44778°W / 42.29583; -88.44778
Mouth 
 • location
Rock River west of New Milford, Illinois
 • coordinates
42°11′10″N 89°07′52″W / 42.18611°N 89.13111°W / 42.18611; -89.13111
 • elevation
682 ft (208 m)
Length63.4 mi (102.0 km)
Basin size1257 sq mi
Discharge 
 • locationmouth
 • average1,076.77 cu ft/s (30.491 m3/s) (estimate)[1]
A great blue heron wades on the South Branch Kishwaukee River in DeKalb, Illinois, September 2006.

The Kishwaukee River, locally known as simply The Kish, is a 63.4-mile-long (102.0 km)[2] river in the U.S. state of Illinois.[3] It is a tributary of the Rock River[4] and its name derives from the Potawatomi word for "river of the sycamore".[5]

  1. ^ United States Environmental Protection Agency. "Watershed Report: Kishwaukee River". WATERS GeoViewer. Archived from the original on 2021-08-08. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 13, 2011
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kishwaukee River. United States Board on Geographic Names, January 15, 1980.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference northwest was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Kishwaukee Bottoms offers something for every outdoors person Archived 2016-09-18 at the Wayback Machine. Dr. Robert Hedeen, The Rock River Times, July 1, 1993. (Archived by WebCite).

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