Yellow River (Indiana)
| Yellow River | |
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The Yellow River got its name from the sandy bottom. | |
Yellow River watershed (Interactive map) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | St. Joseph County |
| • coordinates | 41°29′54″N 86°09′08″W / 41.49833°N 86.15222°W |
| • elevation | 804 ft (245 m) |
| Mouth | Kankakee River |
• location | Starke County |
• coordinates | 41°16′16″N 86°49′35″W / 41.27111°N 86.82639°W |
• elevation | 656 ft (200 m) |
| Length | 62 mi (100 km)approx. |
| Basin size | 427 sq mi (1,110 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | mouth |
| • average | 493.35 cu ft/s (13.970 m3/s) (estimate) |
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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 in the United States. Via the Kankakee and Illinois rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 427 square miles (1,110 km2).
The river's name is recorded in the Miami-Illinois language as oonsasiipi ("yellow river") and oonsaalamoonakami(i)ki ("it is yellow ocher water"), and in Potawatomi as wezawgəməg ("at the yellow water"), reflecting the river's original yellowish-brown muddy color.