Mazon River: Difference between revisions
Od Mishehu (talk | contribs) stub |
Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead. #IABot (v1.1) |
||
| Line 32: | Line 32: | ||
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) has recently considered renaming the Mazon River. The IDNR believes that the frequent vandalism and theft of Mazon River signs is due to its current name being very similar to the well known Amazon River of South America.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}} |
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) has recently considered renaming the Mazon River. The IDNR believes that the frequent vandalism and theft of Mazon River signs is due to its current name being very similar to the well known Amazon River of South America.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}} |
||
The Mazon River is approximately {{convert|28|mi}} in length,<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed May 13, 2011</ref> with the West Fork considered the main branch. |
The Mazon River is approximately {{convert|28|mi}} in length,<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webcite|url=http://www.webcitation.org/66gupqQDM |date=20120405064010 |dateformat=iso }}, accessed May 13, 2011</ref> with the West Fork considered the main branch. |
||
The river was named in honor of William Mason, a pioneer settler.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gannett|first=Henry|title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA202|year=1905|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=202}}</ref> |
The river was named in honor of William Mason, a pioneer settler.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gannett|first=Henry|title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA202|year=1905|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=202}}</ref> |
||
Revision as of 20:41, 20 July 2016
| Mazon River | |
|---|---|
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Greenfield Township, Grundy County, Illinois |
| Mouth | |
• location | Confluence with the Illinois River, Morris, Illinois |
• elevation | 489 ft (149 m) |
| Length | 28 mi (45 km) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Mazon River → Illinois → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico |
| GNIS ID | 413173 |
The Mazon River or Mazon Creek, is a tributary of the Illinois River in the United States. The confluence is near Morris, Illinois.[1]
The Mazon River is associated with the Mazon Creek fossils of the Francis Creek Shale, which are also exposed in strip mines and quarries near the River. This fossil bed includes well-preserved fossils from the Pennsylvanian period of the Paleozoic era and is a world-famous Lagerstätten site.
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) has recently considered renaming the Mazon River. The IDNR believes that the frequent vandalism and theft of Mazon River signs is due to its current name being very similar to the well known Amazon River of South America.[citation needed]
The Mazon River is approximately 28 miles (45 km) in length,[2] with the West Fork considered the main branch.
The river was named in honor of William Mason, a pioneer settler.[3]
Cities and counties
The following cities, towns and villages are within the Mazon watershed:
The following counties are at least partly drained by the Mazon River:
See also
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mazon River
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Template:Webcite, accessed May 13, 2011
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 202.
External links
- American Whitewater
- Prairie State Canoeists
- Field Museum Collection, Mazon Creek Fossils
- Illinois State Museum, Mazon Creek Fossil Collection
- Prairie Rivers Network
- USGS Real-time Stream Gage Mazon River
- Upper Illinois/Mazon River watershed map (PDF)
 | This article related to a river in Illinois is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |