| Kishwaukee River | |
|---|---|
 Kishwaukee River in DeKalb, Illinois, May 2006 | |
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Cropsey Moraine, south of Woodstock, Illinois |
| • coordinates | 42°17′45″N 88°26′52″W / 42.29583°N 88.44778°W |
| Mouth | |
• location | Rock River west of New Milford, Illinois |
• coordinates | 42°11′10″N 89°07′52″W / 42.18611°N 89.13111°W |
• elevation | 682 ft (208 m) |
| Length | 63.4 mi (102.0 km) |
| Basin size | 1257 sq mi |
| Discharge | |
| • location | mouth |
| • average | 1,076.77 cu ft/s (30.491 m3/s) (estimate)[1] |
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]
- ^ United States Environmental Protection Agency. "Watershed Report: Kishwaukee River". WATERS GeoViewer. Archived from the original on 2021-08-08. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ^ 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
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kishwaukee River. United States Board on Geographic Names, January 15, 1980.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
northwestwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ 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).