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Embarras River (Illinois)

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and flows 20.3 miles (32.7 km) generally westwardly in a channelized course, past the village of
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campus, including the small creek near the Vet Med Building; and Meadowbrook Park in south
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Counties. In Jasper County, it turns southeast for the remainder of its course through
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: East Branch Embarras River
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: North Fork Embarras River
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U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data.
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settled on "Embarras River" as the stream's official name in 1964. According to the
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Embarras River
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Embarras River
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Map of the Embarras River highlighted within the Wabash River watershed
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In the 18th century, the Embarras River was part of the trail from
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In its upper course in Champaign County, the river collects the
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Embarras River → Wabash → Ohio → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico
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and flows 19.6 miles (31.5 km) southwestwardly.
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Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 439:The Embarras River rises in 209: • elevation 7: 757: 635:Little Embarras River mouth 324:GPX (secondary coordinates) 239: • location 141: • location 67: • location 10: 1050: 733: 715: 544:East Branch Embarras River 251: • average 18: 676:38.9167108°N 87.9883675°W 649:North Fork Embarras River 624:39.5739236°N 88.0744822°W 426: 319:GPX (primary coordinates) 294:Map all coordinates using 276: 268: 263: 259: 249: 237: 229: 225: 221:195 mi (314 km) 217: 207: 184:38.6431028°N 87.6172464°W 159: 139: 129: 125: 77: 65: 57: 53: 48: 33: 28: 415:and flows south to near 302:Download coordinates as: 213:397 ft (121 m) 851:, accessed May 19, 2011 764:List of Illinois rivers 681:38.9167108; -87.9883675 656:and Crawford Counties. 629:39.5739236; -88.0744822 411:region. It arises near 244:Lawrenceville, Illinois 189:38.6431028; -87.6172464 154:Lawrenceville, Illinois 102:40.094314°N 88.250540°W 974:Prairie Rivers Network 769:Watersheds of Illinois 574:39.8903098°N 88.1806°W 453:University of Illinois 436: 40:The Embarras River at 748:George Rogers Clark's 598:Little Embarras River 434: 403:. The river drains a 314:GPX (all coordinates) 255:2,648 cu/ft. per sec. 113:Embarras River origin 107:40.094314; -88.250540 579:39.8903098; -88.1806 195:Embarras River mouth 19:For other uses, see 671: /  619: /  569: /  264:Basin features 179: /  97: /  72:Champaign, Illinois 989:Rivers of Illinois 911:. pp. 90–92. 847:2012-03-29 at the 750:forces during the 727:Etheostoma histrio 500:Vincennes, Indiana 437: 417:Vincennes, Indiana 401:Mississippi Rivers 752:Illinois Campaign 600:, which rises in 289: 288: 1041: 925: 924: 922: 920: 902: 896: 891: 885: 880: 874: 869: 863: 858: 852: 842:The National Map 838: 825: 824: 822: 821: 812:. 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Embarras River (disambiguation)

Lawrenceville
Champaign, Illinois
40°05′40″N 88°15′02″W / 40.094314°N 88.250540°W / 40.094314; -88.250540 (Embarras River origin)
Mouth
Confluence
Wabash River
Lawrenceville, Illinois
38°38′35″N 87°37′02″W / 38.6431028°N 87.6172464°W / 38.6431028; -87.6172464 (Embarras River mouth)
Lawrenceville, Illinois
GNIS
407983
OpenStreetMap
KML
GPX (all coordinates)
GPX (primary coordinates)
GPX (secondary coordinates)
/ˈɛmbrɑː/
EM-brah
tributary
Wabash River
Illinois
United States
Gulf of Mexico
Ohio
Mississippi Rivers
watershed
agricultural
Champaign-Urbana

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