North Branch Kishwaukee River

The North Branch Kishwaukee River is a 17.1-mile-long (27.5 km)[1] tributary of the Kishwaukee River in northern Illinois.[2]

Course

The North Branch Kishwaukee River northeast of Harvard, Illinois and flows south through McHenry County.[3] to join the Kishwaukee River east of Marengo.[1] It drains approximately 40 square miles (100 km2) of land area,[3] flowing for 17 miles.[1]

Description

The North Branch Kishwaukee River flows in an east-west direction from its point of origin and has a generally unimpeded flow, save a dam at Belvidere, Illinois.[4] The North Branch has an average width of 50 feet (15 m), but in Boone County the stream becomes both wider and deeper.[4] Nearer its point of origin the North Branch has a substrate of gravel, the substrate becomes sand and silt going further downstream.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 19, 2011
  2. ^ James, L. Allan. Management and Restoration of Fluvial Systems with Broad Historical Changes and Human Impacts, (Google Books link), Geological Society of America, 2009, pp. 110-111, (ISBN 0813724511), (ISBN 9780813724515).
  3. ^ a b Kishwaukee River Area Assessment, Volume 2: Water Resources, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Office of Scientific Research and Analysis, 1998, p. 1, accessed January 22, 2011.
  4. ^ a b c Kishwaukee River Basin: An Inventory of the Regions Resources, Regional Watershed Assessment, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, p. 2.