does anybody know in Illinois what isthe 5 biggest rivers in Illinois ? 1-mississippi 2-the illinois 3?-4?-5 ?
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Illinois River, Mississippi River, Ohio River and the Wabash River are the four biggest.  I'm searching for the 5th...I would imagine the 5th would be a tributary of one of the 4 aforementioned rivers.  I can't find a listing of rivers in order of size.  Here's a good link if you're familiar with the waterways in Illinois:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watersheds_of_Illinois
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I grew up in Ky. too Paducah and I lived in Ok. and IL. Ive Been to Tx, MI, In, FL, WI, Jamacia, Domincan Republic. The Friendlist place is the one where I grew up and always love to visit Paducah, Kentucky. The worst Joliet , IL RUDE PEOPLE!!
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Top ten, just for an interesting comparison\n\nAmazon River - 6,144,727 km² \nCongo River - 3,730,474 km² \nNile River - 3,254,555 km² \nMississippi River - 3,202,230 km² \nOb River - 2,972,497 km² \nParana River - 2,582,672 km² \nYenisei River - 2,554,482 km² \nLake Chad - 2,497,918 km² \nLena River - 2,306,772 km² \nNiger River - 2,261,763 km²
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thanks for that fantastic site.  i looked some stuff up...  not bad, not bad, but it could be better.\n\nthe monticello/crying baby bridge.\ni've been there.  it is not an urban legend, though the story i've heard is different.  there wasn't a 2-buggy crash, as much as one just went off the bridge.  the man and wife escaped, but the baby they were unable to rescue.  those old bridges in the back farm areas of illinois only have two slats for your wheels, so if you mess up it's the river for you!  the bridges are still there.. o'er the sangamon river.  ...  in fact, the whole area around the sangamon river is haunted.\n\nthe champaign/university of illinois--any building.  they're ALL haunted.  university high school is haunted, as well.  you can even feel their presence (yes, multiples) during at midday.  in fact, the champaign, urbana, savoy area (for those of you who don't know, they're basically all connected.. even have a tri-city bus system.  all cemetaries are haunted.  all old buildings are haunted.  the whole place is a veritable hot-spot of activity.  heck, right now i work in a little "mall" on campus... which is more haunted than any cemetary.  the ghostie there is quite the prankster, and takes delight in scaring you.  nothing malicious, of course!  heck, if i were a ghost, i'd haunt people like that, too!  he likes to stomp up and down the stairs late at night, making noises, and laughs when you go to check them out.
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the longest river in the world is the nile at 6,825 km. i dont know what the largest bridge is though...
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largest with all the ice\n\n2nd largest without all the ice
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I don't know where Charleston is. But the best fishing anywhere in Illinois, in my opinion, is the Illinois river for Sauger (Walleye's kissing cousin) or the Chain in Northern Illinois. \n\nAlthough I understand the Kankakee is pretty good water to fish to and people are saying Vermillion lake (Don't know where that is) is getting better.\n\nGo to website called Mike Jackson Outdoors. Don't know the address. All during the fishing season, he has the hotspots in Illinois to fish. Also www.cjsmithresort.com has some info on fishing the chain.
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I Kayaked quite a bit when I lived in Kentucky, then I moved to Alaska, brr and was preggers. Now I am in Okinawa, I wish I knew somewhere to go nearby....... I prefer river by far. Nothing crazy just a 3 mostly. If anyone knows of any Islands nearby that might have a touch of water for play, let me in on it!
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Imagine you have a drainage network of rivers, tributaries, and streams.  Now imagine one particular path of drainage, from head waters to delta.  If somehow (erosion, for example) somewhere along this path the water found a new shortcut to another part of the drainge system, then that water would have been "autocaptured".\n\nGet out a map of Illinois and the surrounding area.  The Illinos Waterway goes from Lake Michigan at Chicago to the Mississippi river at St. Louis.  The Mississipi river flows along the western border of Illinois.  Now look at the area between LaSalle, Ill. (on the Waterway) and Davenport, Iowa (by the Mississippi).  There is a set of streams in this area.  If they managed to link together and cause the Mississippi to be diverted near Davenport to LaSalle, then the Illinois Waterway would have captured the Mississippi.  Since these are part of the same drainage system, it would be called an autocapture.\n\nThe link below may explain better with illustrations. Look at pages 9 and 10:
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i love Hiking! The Kady Trail in Missouri/Illinois area. Great view of the river!!
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Illinois was almost completely wiped of any high elevating hills or mountains during the Ice Age.  However, there is a small section of the state located in the northwest that was missed by the glacier activity.  These hills are high in elevation for a plains state like Illinois, but aren't tall enough to be classified as mountains.  As far as I know, there isn't even a name for that chain of mounds.\n\nSorry, I know this probably isn't of much help...
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I don't think there is anything making Illinois that different from anywhere else is there?\n\nYou should put a question in here that is more specific and you will get much clearer answers. You should remove the location specific questions unless you know it is something that only applies to Illinois.
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The Mississippi River is above all.  When one drives over it, he/she can feel the rivers soul radiating.  Swimming in the Mississippi is comparable to Jesus dipping in the Jordan.
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I think what you are asking is which states do not border a lake or an ocean - I sure am glad you didn't include rivers.\n\nExclude all the states on the Atlantic coast, Pacific coast, and Gulf of Mexico. Also exclude the states that border the Great Lakes. And of course exclude Hawaii.\n\nWith these directions and a decent map, you are in business.
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Here's one:\n\nhttp://www.dnr.sc.gov/water/envaff/river/gr_pee_deemap.htm
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Dear, we don't know which "riverfront" you're referring to. \n\nWhy don't you look it up on a search engine?
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1: water\n5: south\n7: repel\n\nsorry that's all I can think off right now.