Menominee River (Illinois)
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The Menominee River is an 11.3-mile-long (18.2 km)[1] tributary of the Mississippi River, which it joins in Jo Daviess County, Illinois. There is also a Menominee River in northeastern Wisconsin and Michigan, and a Menomonee River that flows through metro Milwaukee.
The name "Menominee" refers to the Menominee, a Native American people. The name means "good seed" or "wild rice".
The Menominee rises in Grant County, Wisconsin, and cuts through the northwestern corner of Illinois for about four miles before it joins the Mississippi.
The river is part of the Driftless Area of Illinois and Wisconsin, a region that remained ice-free during the last ice age.
See also
- List of Illinois rivers
- List of Wisconsin rivers
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 13, 2011
External links
Categories:
- Rivers of Illinois
- Rivers of Wisconsin
- Tributaries of the Mississippi River
- Geography of Jo Daviess County, Illinois
- Driftless Area
- Geography of Grant County, Wisconsin
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