La Moine River | |
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Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Warren County southwest of Galesburg, Illinois |
• coordinates | 40°38′28″N 90°45′32″W / 40.6411508°N 90.7590232°W |
Mouth | |
• location | Confluence with the Illinois River southwest of Beardstown, Illinois |
• coordinates | 39°59′14″N 90°30′50″W / 39.9872706°N 90.5140153°W |
• elevation | 440 ft (130 m) |
Length | 125 mi (201 km) |
Discharge | |
• location | Ripley, Illinois |
• average | 884 cu/ft. per sec.[1] |
Basin features | |
Progression | La Moine River → Illinois River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
GNIS ID | 411649 |
La Moine River is a 125-mile-long (201 km)[2] tributary of the Illinois River in western Illinois in the United States. Its watershed covers approximately 2,000 square miles (5,000 km2), and it is the sixth-largest tributary to the Illinois River.[3] It is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.