- Boone River
- Infobox RiverThe Boone River is a tributary of the
river_name = Boone River
caption = The Boone River south ofWebster City, Iowa
origin =Hancock County, Iowa
mouth =Des Moines River
basin_countries =United States
length = 103.2 mi (166.2 km)
elevation =
mouth_elevation =
discharge =
watershed = 895 mi² (2,318 km²)Des Moines River in north-centralIowa in theUnited States . It is 103.2 miles (166.2 km) long and drains an area of 895 mi² (2,318 km²). [ [http://wqm.igsb.uiowa.edu/activities/stream/monthly%20sites/booneriv.htm Iowa Department of Natural Resources/Iowa Geological Survey. Boone River Watershed Monitoring and Assessment.] ] Via the Des Moines River, it is part of the watershed of theMississippi River .The Boone River rises near Britt in western Hancock County and flows generally southwardly through Wright, Hamilton and Webster Counties, past Goldfield and Webster City.
DeLorme (1998). "Iowa Atlas & Gazetteer". Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-214-5.] It flows into the Des Moines River 17 mi (27 km) north of Boone. [ [http://www.bartleby.com/69/84/B08684.html Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry for Boone River] ]Tributaries of the Boone River also drain portions of Kossuth and Humboldt Counties. Two headwaters tributaries are known as the East Branch Boone River [Gnis|456121|East Branch Boone River] and the Middle Branch Boone River. [Gnis|459027|Middle Branch Boone River]
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has designated the lower 26 mi (42 km) of the Boone River from Webster City to its mouth as a "Protected Water Area." This stretch of the river cuts through a wooded valley and allows
canoeing and fishing forsmallmouth bass ,channel catfish ,walleye ,northern pike andflathead catfish . [ [http://desmoinesriver.org/canoeguide/boonrvr.pdf Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Water Trails: Boone River.] ]ee also
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List of Iowa rivers References
*Gnis|454755|Boone River
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