Des Plaines River
The Des Plaines River is a river that flows southward for 133 miles through southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois in the United States Midwest, eventually meeting the Kankakee River west of Channahon to form the Illinois River, a tributary of the Mississippi River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: tributary of the Illinois River
- Also known as: “De Plein River”, “Desplain River”, “Desplaines River”, “La Riviere Divine”, “Plein River”, and “River Des Plains”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dresden Generating Station and Morris Operation.
Dresden Generating Station
Power station
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Dresden Generating Station is the first privately financed nuclear power plant built in the United States. Dresden 1 was activated in 1960 and retired in 1978.
Morris Operation
The Morris Operation in Grundy County, Illinois, United States, is the location of the only permanent de facto high-level radioactive waste storage site in the United States and holds 772 tons of spent nuclear fuel.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Channahon and Minooka.
Channahon
Town
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Channahon is a village in Grundy and Will counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 13,383 at the 2020 census. Located in a rural area southwest of Joliet, Illinois, Channahon lies at the confluence of the Des Plaines, Kankakee, and DuPage rivers, where they form the Illinois River. Channahon is situated 3 miles northeast of Des Plaines River.
Minooka
Town
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Minooka is a village in Grundy, Kendall, and Will counties, Illinois, United States. The population was 12,758 at the 2020 census, up from 10,924 at the 2010 census. The village is part of the Chicago metropolitan area. Minooka is situated 4½ miles north of Des Plaines River.
Millsdale
Hamlet
Millsdale is an abandoned village located in Channahon Township, Will County, Illinois, United States. In 1903, it had a population of 25. In 1946, it had a population of 20. The Santa Fe Railway stopped at Millsdale Station. Millsdale is situated 6 miles northeast of Des Plaines River.
Des Plaines River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Grundy, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Des Plaines River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Des Plaines”
- Catalan: “Des Plaines River”
- Catalan: “Des Plaines”
- Catalan: “Riu Des Plaines”
- Cebuano: “Des Plaines River”
- Chinese: “平原河”
- Chinese: “德斯普兰斯河”
- Dutch: “Des Plaines River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ديس پلاينيس”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Des Plaines”
- Finnish: “Des Plaines”
- French: “Des Plaines”
- French: “rivière Des Plaines”
- German: “Des Plaines River”
- Hebrew: “נהר דפליינס”
- Irish: “Abhainn Des Plaines”
- Italian: “Des Plaines”
- Japanese: “デスプレーンズ川”
- Japanese: “デプレーンズ川”
- Japanese: “デプレインズ川”
- Polish: “Des Plaines”
- Russian: “Дес-Плейнс (река)”
- Russian: “Дес-Плейнс”
- Slovenian: “Des Plaines”
- Spanish: “Des Plaines”
- Venetian: “Des Plaines”
- Vietnamese: “Des Plaines River”
- Welsh: “Afon Des Plaines”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kankakee River and Skinner Island.
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