Big Muddy River
The Big Muddy River is a 156-mile-long river in southern Illinois. It joins the Mississippi River just south of Grand Tower. The Big Muddy has been dammed near Benton, forming Rend Lake. The Big Muddy has a mud bottom for most of its length.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Big Muddy Creek”, “Muddy River”, “Rayse Creek”, “río Gran Muddy”, and “West Fork East Muddy Creek”
Big Muddy River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Jackson, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.57366° or 37° 34′ 25″ north
Longitude
-89.51704° or 89° 31′ 1″ west
Elevation
341 feet (104 metres)
Open location code
869GHFFM+F5
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Big Muddy River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Big Muddy”
- Catalan: “Big Muddy”
- Cebuano: “Big Muddy River”
- Dutch: “Big Muddy River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر بيج مودى”
- French: “rivière Big Muddy”
- French: “Rivière Big Muddy”
- German: “Big Muddy River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Big Muddy”
- Mingrelian: “ბიგ-მადი”
- Russian: “Биг-Мадди”
- Spanish: “río Big Muddy”
- Spanish: “Río Big Muddy”
- Venetian: “Big Muddy”
- Welsh: “Afon Big Muddy”
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Places to explore: Hines Landing and Union Point.
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Highlights: Big Muddy Island and Tower Island Chute.
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