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Definition of des plaines river in English English dictionary
- A river rising in southeast Wisconsin and flowing about 241 km (150 mi) generally southward to the Kankakee River in northeast Illinois. River, northeastern Illinois, U.S. Rising in southeastern Wisconsin, it flows south into Illinois past Chicago, to join the Kankakee River after a course of 150 mi (241 km). In 1900 Chicago completed a drainage canal from the southern branch of the Chicago River to the Des Plaines. It is part of the Illinois Waterway (1933), which allows modern barge traffic to pass between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River
des plaines river
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des plaines ri·verTurkish pronunciation
de pleynz rîvırPronunciation
/ˈde ˈplānz ˈrəvər/ /ˈdɛ ˈpleɪnz ˈrɪvɜr/
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