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    The Iowa River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the state of Iowa in the United States. It is about 323 miles (520 km) long and is open to small...
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  • list of rivers and creeks in Iowa. The rivers are listed by multiple arrangements: those that form part of the boundaries of the U.S. state of Iowa; ordered...
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  • Thumbnail for Cedar River (Iowa River tributary)
    Cedar River is a 338-mile-long (544 km) river in Minnesota and Iowa. It is a tributary of the Iowa River, which flows to the Mississippi River. The Cedar...
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    The Iowa flood of 2008 was a hydrological event involving most of the rivers in eastern Iowa which began June 8 and continued until July 1. Flooding continued...
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  • Thumbnail for Iowa City, Iowa
    Iowa City is the county seat and largest city of Johnson County, Iowa, United States. At the time of the 2020 census the population was 74,828, making...
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    The Upper Iowa River is a 156-mile-long (251 km) tributary of the Mississippi River in the upper Midwest of the United States. Its headwaters rise in...
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    The English River is a tributary of the Iowa River in southeastern Iowa in the United States. The main stem of the river is 37.4 miles (60.2 km) long....
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    Iowa (/ˈaɪ.əwə/ EYE-ə-wə) is a doubly landlocked state in the upper Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east...
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    degrees. On an urban 1,880-acre campus on the banks of the Iowa River, the University of Iowa is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high...
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  • Thumbnail for U.S. Route 6 in Iowa
    maintained by the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT). The route begins at the Missouri River crossing at Council Bluffs. From there, it travels...
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    thirteenth-largest river by discharge in the world. The river either borders or passes through the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri...
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    farther headwaters. The largest river flowing across the state of Iowa, it rises in southern Minnesota and flows across Iowa from northwest to southeast,...
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    Iowa River. In 1864, Louis Agassiz, a Harvard University zoologist, gave a lecture at the nearby University of Iowa titled "The Coral Reefs of Iowa City"...
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  • Thumbnail for Interstate 80 in Iowa
    Teaneck, New Jersey. In Iowa, the highway travels west to east through the center of the state. It enters the state at the Missouri River in Council Bluffs...
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    U.S. state of Iowa and the county seat of Linn County. The city lies on both banks of the Cedar River, 20 miles (32 km) north of Iowa City and 128 miles...
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    and crosses the Iowa border 680 mi (1,094 km) downstream. It is joined by the Minnesota River at Fort Snelling, by the St. Croix River near Hastings, by...
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  • Thumbnail for Little Sioux River
    The Little Sioux River is a river in the United States. It rises in southwestern Minnesota near the Iowa border, and continues to flow southwest for 258...
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  • Thumbnail for Deep River, Iowa
    Deep River is a city in Poweshiek County, Iowa, United States. It is also the name of the township which includes the city. The city population was 249...
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    (originally four, see History) in the U.S. states of Iowa and Illinois: Davenport and Bettendorf in southeastern Iowa, and Rock Island, Moline and East Moline in...
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    that are now the state of Iowa. Iowa, defined by the Missouri River and Big Sioux River on the west and Mississippi River on the east, marks a shift...
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  • Thumbnail for Turkey River (Iowa)
    The Turkey River is a 153-mile-long (246 km) tributary of the upper Mississippi River. Its main branch rises in Howard County, Iowa, near the city of Cresco...
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  • Thumbnail for Scouting in Iowa
    Scouting in Iowa has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they...
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    prehistoric times, the Iowa emigrated from the Great Lakes region to present-day Iowa. In the 16th century, they moved from the Mississippi River to the Great Plains...
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  • Thumbnail for Platte River (Iowa and Missouri)
    The Platte River is a tributary of the Missouri River, about 200 miles (320 km) long, in southwestern Iowa and northwestern Missouri in the United States...
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  • Thumbnail for Grand River, Iowa
    Grand River is a city in northwest Decatur County, Iowa, United States. The population was 196 at the time of the 2020 census. Grand River got its start...
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  • Thumbnail for Big Sioux River
    The Big Sioux River is a tributary of the Missouri River in eastern South Dakota and northwestern Iowa in the United States. It flows generally southwardly...
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  • Thumbnail for U.S. Route 20 in Iowa
    crossing the Missouri River at Sioux City. US 20 runs in a more-or-less straight line across Iowa, paralleling 42° 27' N. It leaves Iowa in Dubuque by crossing...
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    rural Washington County, Iowa, United States, along the English River on Iowa Highway 22. It is part of the Iowa City, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area...
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  • Thumbnail for Boyer River (Iowa)
    The Boyer River is a tributary of the Missouri River, 118 miles (190 km) long, in western Iowa in the United States. Most reaches of the river's course have...
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  • Thumbnail for Iowa Writers' Workshop
    The Iowa Writers' Workshop, at the University of Iowa, is a graduate-level creative writing program. At 87 years, it is the oldest writing program offering...
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