Rock River Valley

The Rock River Valley is a region in comprised largely of the communities along and in close proximity to the Rock River, a major tributary of the .

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is a city of about 9,500 in the Rock River Valley area of .

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Rock River Valley

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Latitude of center
41.4825° or 41° 28′ 57″ north
Longitude of center
-90.6163° or 90° 36′ 59″ west
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Rock River Valley” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نهر روك”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Rock”
  • Bavarian: “Rock River”
  • Bulgarian: “Рок Ривър”
  • Catalan: “Ahsenisiipi”
  • Catalan: “Rock River”
  • Catalan: “Rock”
  • Cebuano: “Rock River”
  • Chinese: “罗克河”
  • Dutch: “Rock River”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر روك”
  • Esperanto: “Rokrivero”
  • French: “rivière Rock”
  • French: “Rock”
  • German: “Rock River”
  • Hebrew: “נהר רוק”
  • Hebrew: “רוק ריבר”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Rock”
  • Italian: “Rock River”
  • Japanese: “ロック川”
  • Mingrelian: “როკ-რივერი (მისისიპიშ ნადუ)”
  • Mingrelian: “როკ-რივერი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rock River”
  • Piemontese: “Rock River”
  • Polish: “Rock River”
  • Portuguese: “Rock River”
  • Romanian: “Râul Rock”
  • Russian: “Рок-Ривер (Иллинойс)”
  • Russian: “Рок-Ривер (приток Миссисипи)”
  • Russian: “Рок-Ривер (река)”
  • Russian: “Рок-Ривер”
  • Russian: “Скалистая река”
  • Slovenian: “reka Rock”
  • Slovenian: “Rock River”
  • South Azerbaijani: “روک چایی”
  • Spanish: “Río Rock”
  • Venetian: “Rock”
  • Vietnamese: “Sông Đá”
  • Vietnamese: “sông Rock”
  • Vietnamese: “sông Sinnissippi”
  • Welsh: “Afon Rock”
  • Western Frisian: “Rock River”

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