Iroquois River | |
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The Iroquois River in Newton County, Indiana.
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Country | United States |
Basin features | |
Main source | NW of Rensselaer, Newton Township, Jasper County, Indiana 705 feet (215 m) 40°57′55″N 87°12′23″W / 40.9652778°N 87.2063889°W |
River mouth | Kankakee, Illinois 599 feet (183 m) 41°04′27″N 87°48′59″W / 41.0741993°N 87.8164285°WCoordinates: 41°04′27″N 87°48′59″W / 41.0741993°N 87.8164285°W |
Basin size | 2,091 sq mi (5,420 km2) |
Physical characteristics | |
Length | 103 miles (166 km) |
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GNIS ID | 410927 |
The Iroquois River is a 103-mile-long (166 km)tributary of the Kankakee River in northwestern Indiana and northeastern Illinois in the United States. It was named for the Iroquois people. Via the Kankakee and Illinois rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
The Iroquois River rises in Jasper County, Indiana, and flows generally west-southwestwardly through Newton County, Indiana, and Iroquois County, Illinois, where it turns northward and flows into Kankakee County, Illinois. It enters the Kankakee River from the south in Kankakee County, opposite the village of Aroma Park, about 4 miles (6 km) southwest of the city of Kankakee.
Along its course the Iroquois passes the town of Rensselaer, Brook, and Kentland in Indiana and the towns of Iroquois, Watseka and Sugar Island in Illinois.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Iroquois River, or portions thereof, has also been known as: