Embarras River (Illinois)

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Name: Embarras River (Illinois)
Water system: Mississippi River
Water type: River
Progression: Wabash River -> Ohio River -> Mississippi River -> Gulf of Mexico -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Temperate
Continents: North America
Countries: United States of America

The Embarras River is a 195-mile-long (314 km) tributary of the Wabash River in southeastern Illinois in the United States.

The waters of the Embarras reach the Gulf of Mexico via the Wabash, Ohio, and Mississippi Rivers.

The river drains a watershed around 1,566,450 acres (6,339.2 km2) in an agricultural region. It arises near Champaign-Urbana and flows south to near Vincennes, Indiana. The name comes from French explorers, who used the French word, embarras, for river navigation obstacles, blockages, and difficulties relating to logjams.

Embarras River (Illinois)

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