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    The Kankakee River is a tributary of the Illinois River, approximately 133 miles (214 km) long, in the Central Corn Belt Plains of northwestern Indiana...
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    Kankakee (/ˌkæŋkəˈkiː/ KANG-kə-KEE) is a city in and the county seat of Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. Located on the Kankakee River, as of...
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    taken from Vermilion County and added to Kankakee County. The county was named for the Kankakee River. Kankakee County at the time of its creation in 1853...
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  • Kankakee may refer to Kankakee, Illinois Kankakee, Indiana Kankakee Community College Kankakee County, Illinois Kankakee River State Park Kankakee State...
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    the river has a drainage basin of 28,756.6 square miles (74,479 km2). The Illinois River begins with the confluence of the Des Plaines and Kankakee rivers...
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    Sun River Terrace is a village in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. The population was 455 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Kankakee-Bradley...
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    River, the St. Joseph River, the Kankakee River, Tippecanoe and Wabash Rivers, the Illinois River and Lake Peoria, and the Des Plaines and Fox Rivers...
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  • Illinois River (IL) Kankakee River Iroquois River Yellow River Little Kankakee River Anderson River Big Blue River Big Pine Creek Black River (Owensville...
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    formerly named the Kankakee State Hospital, is a developmental center in Kankakee, Illinois, on the banks of the Kankakee River. In 1877, the General...
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    meeting the Kankakee River west of Channahon to form the Illinois River, a tributary of the Mississippi River. Native Americans used the river as transportation...
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    Kankakee River State Park is an Illinois state park on 4,000 acres (1,619 ha) primarily in Kankakee and Will Counties, Illinois, United States. Originally...
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    Illinois Route 53 and Historic U.S. Route 66 along the east bank of the Kankakee River, it is approximately 60 miles (97 km) south-west from downtown Chicago...
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    of the Kankakee River and Illinois River river valleys and landforms characteristic of megaflooding. Both the Kankakee River and Illinois River largely...
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    National Wildlife Refuge Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge Complex Great River National Wildlife Refuge...
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    Illinois Route 113 (category Transportation in Kankakee County, Illinois)
    north of Mazon and east of Seneca to IL 17 in western Kankakee, just across the Kankakee River from U.S. Route 45 (US 45) and US 52. Route 113 begins...
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    Lake Kankakee formed 14,000 years before present (YBP) in the valley of the Kankakee River. It developed from the outwash of the Michigan Lobe, Saginaw...
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    The Kankakee Outwash Plain is a flat plain interspersed with sand dunes in the Kankakee River valley in northwestern Indiana and northeastern Illinois...
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    regions that drain into five major bodies of water. With the Kankakee River, the Illinois River watershed stretches from the Illinois border in northwest...
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  • The Kankakee Fish and Wildlife Area is situated in Starke County at the junction of the Yellow River with the Kankakee River. The state purchased 2,312...
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    Momence, Illinois (category Cities in Kankakee County, Illinois)
    Township, Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,171 at the 2000 census, and 3,310 in 2010. It is part of the Kankakee–Bradley Metropolitan...
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    Aroma Park, Illinois (category Villages in Kankakee County, Illinois)
    Waldron) is a village in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States, along the Kankakee River opposite the mouth of the Iroquois River. Aroma Park is a suburb...
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    tributary of the Kankakee River in the U.S. state of Illinois. It empties into the Kankakee River in Kankakee River State Park, northwest of Kankakee, Illinois...
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  • on an island in the Kankakee river basin. The airport scene in which Papa picks up the Trans Am was filmed at the Greater Kankakee Airport. Historic downtown...
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    Dresden Generating Station (category Illinois River)
    city of Morris. It is at the head of the Illinois River, where the Des Plaines River and Kankakee River meet. It is immediately northeast of the Morris...
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    Lake Michigan and its south border is formed by the westward-flowing Kankakee River Its once-tree-covered low rolling hills have been cleared and devoted...
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    north of the Kankakee River originally belonged to Starke County. However, residents living in that area had difficulty crossing the river in order to...
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    Kankakee with access to industrial resources in the north–south direction; the city was no longer dependent on the east–west Kankakee River. Kankakee...
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    flora and fauna. This is caused by the Iroquois River, one of the main tributaries of the Kankakee River that flows throughout Jasper County, a major water...
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  • Hickory Creek Kankakee River Rock Creek Iroquois River Henderson Creek Edwards River Rock River Green River Pine Creek Kyte River Leaf River Stillman Creek...
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    The Yellow River is a 62.3-mile-long (100.3 km) tributary of the Kankakee River in the Central Corn Belt Plains ecoregion, located in northern Indiana...
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