Illinois River
The Illinois River is a principal tributary of the Mississippi River at approximately 273 miles in length. Located in the U.S. state of Illinois, the river has a drainage basin of 28,756.6 square miles.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: Illinois tributary of the Mississippi River in the United States
- Also known as: “Ilinois Flu”, “Ilinois River”, “La Riviere de Teatiki”, “La Riviere des Islinois”, “Riviere des Ilinois”, and “Theakeiki River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grafton and Elsah.
Grafton
Village
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Grafton is the oldest city in Jersey County, Illinois, United States. It is located near the confluence of the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 626.
Elsah
Village
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Elsah is a village in Jersey County, Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the village had a total population of 519. Elsah is a part of the Metro-East region and the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area. Elsah is situated 5 miles east of Illinois River.
Illinois River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Calhoun, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Illinois River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر إلينوي”
- Arabic: “نهر الينوي”
- Asturian: “Ríu Illinois”
- Belarusian: “Ілінойс”
- Belarusian: “Рака Ілінойс”
- Bengali: “ইলিনয় নদী”
- Bulgarian: “Илинойс”
- Catalan: “Illinois”
- Catalan: “riu Illinois”
- Catalan: “Riu Illinois”
- Cebuano: “Illinois River”
- Chinese: “伊利诺伊河”
- Chuvash: “Иллинойс”
- Croatian: “Illinois”
- Czech: “Illinois”
- Dutch: “Illinois River”
- Dutch: “Illinois”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر الينوى”
- Finnish: “Illinois”
- French: “Illinois”
- French: “rivière Illinois”
- German: “Illinois River”
- Hebrew: “אילינוי”
- Hungarian: “Illinois”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Illinois”
- Irish: “Abhainn Illinois”
- Italian: “Illinois”
- Japanese: “イリノイ川”
- Javanese: “Kali Illinois”
- Korean: “일리노이 강”
- Lithuanian: “Ilinojus”
- Malayalam: “ഇല്ലിനോയി നദി”
- Mingrelian: “ილინოისი (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “ილინოისი”
- Newari: “इलिनोइ खुसि”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Illinois River”
- Norwegian: “Illinois River”
- Persian: “رود ایلینوی”
- Persian: “رود ایلینوی”
- Piemontese: “Illinois”
- Polish: “Illinois”
- Portuguese: “Rio Illinois”
- Russian: “Иллинойс (река)”
- Russian: “Иллинойс”
- Slovenian: “Illinois”
- South Azerbaijani: “ایلینوی چایی”
- Spanish: “río Illinois”
- Spanish: “Río Illinois”
- Swedish: “Illinoisfloden”
- Tajik: “Дарё Иллинойс”
- Tajik: “Иллинойс”
- Ukrainian: “Іллінойс”
- Urdu: “دریائے الینوائے”
- Venetian: “Illinois”
- Vietnamese: “sông Illinois”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Illinois”
- Welsh: “Afon Illinois”
- Western Frisian: “Illinois”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Camden and Marshall Landing.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Camden Hollow and Dagett Hollow.
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