What is Des Plaines River?
[[File:Des Plaines River Lake County Illinois.jpg|right|200px]] The '''Des Plaines River''' ({{IPAc-en|d|ᵻ|s|ˈ|p|l|eɪ|n|z}}) is a [[river]] that flows southward for {{convert|133|mi}}<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2012-03-29 }}, accessed May 13, 2011</ref> through southern [[Wisconsin]] and northern [[Illinois]]<ref name=AHD>''American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language,'' Fourth Edition</ref> in the [[United States]]. They meet in the [[Kankakee River]] west of [[Channahon, Illinois|Channahon]] to form the [[Illinois River]], a [[tributary]] of the [[Mississippi River]]. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Rivers of Illinois]] {{US-geo-stub}}