Des Plaines River

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river waterway

The Des Plaines River is a Midwestern U.S. waterway that flows through southeastern Wisconsin and northeastern Illinois, ultimately joining the Kankakee River to form the Illinois River.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Des Plaines River canonical	48
Des Plaines River watershed	5
Des Plaines River valley	3
Des Plaines River (segment)	1
Des Plaines River Valley	1
Des Plaines and DuPage Rivers confluence area	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ waterway ⓘ
basinCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
confluenceLocation	near Channahon, Illinois ⓘ
connectedByCanal	Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal ⓘ Illinois and Michigan Canal ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crosses	Illinois–Wisconsin border ⓘ
etymologyLanguage	French ⓘ
flowsThrough	Illinois ⓘ Wisconsin ⓘ northeastern Illinois ⓘ southeastern Wisconsin ⓘ
flowsThroughCity	Des Plaines, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Forest Park, Illinois ⓘ Gurnee, Illinois ⓘ Joliet, Illinois ⓘ Libertyville, Illinois ⓘ Racine, Wisconsin, United States ⓘ surface form: Racine, Wisconsin River Grove, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosemont, Illinois ⓘ Waukegan, Illinois ⓘ
formedIllinoisRiverWith	Kankakee River ⓘ
hasLeftTributary	Chicago Area Waterway System ⓘ surface form: North Branch Chicago River (historically via canals and wetlands)
hasProtectedAreaAlong	Cook County Forest Preserves region ⓘ surface form: Cook County Forest Preserves Des Plaines River Trail ⓘ Lake County Forest Preserves ⓘ
hasRightTributary	DuPage River ⓘ Salt Creek (Illinois) ⓘ
historicallyUsedBy	French explorers ⓘ Native American peoples ⓘ
historicallyUsedFor	portage between Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins ⓘ
mouth	Illinois River ⓘ
nameRefersTo	plane trees or sycamores along its banks ⓘ
nearMajorCity	City of Chicago ⓘ surface form: Chicago
partOf	Illinois River ⓘ surface form: Illinois River system
proneTo	flooding ⓘ
region	Midwestern United States ⓘ
riverSystem	Mississippi River basin ⓘ
sourceLocation	southeastern Wisconsin ⓘ
state	Illinois ⓘ Wisconsin ⓘ
tributaryOf	Illinois River ⓘ
usedFor	flood control reservoirs ⓘ recreation ⓘ wildlife habitat ⓘ

Referenced by (59)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Des Plaines, Illinois → locatedOnRiver → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Des Plaines, Illinois → namedAfter → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Maywood, Illinois → locatedOnRiver → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Forest Home Cemetery → adjacentTo → Des Plaines River ⓘ

DuPage River → tributaryOf → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago → relatedTo → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Joliet, Illinois → locatedOnRiver → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal → connectsWaterbody → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Illinois Waterway system → connectsTo → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Riverside, Illinois town plan → followsRiver → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Lockport, Illinois area → locatedOn → Des Plaines River ⓘ

subject surface form: Lockport, Illinois

Lockport, Illinois area → feature → Des Plaines River ⓘ

subject surface form: Lockport, Illinois

this entity surface form: Des Plaines River valley

Third Lake, Illinois → locatedNear → Des Plaines River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Des Plaines River watershed

Lincolnshire, Illinois → locatedOn → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Rivers Casino Des Plaines → near → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Illinois River → hasTributary → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Des Plaines River (nearby) → flowsThrough → Des Plaines River ⓘ

subject surface form: Des Plaines River

this entity surface form: Des Plaines River Valley

Elmwood Park → locatedOn → Des Plaines River ⓘ

subject surface form: Elmwood Park, Illinois

this entity surface form: Des Plaines River watershed

Lemont, Illinois → locatedOn → Des Plaines River ⓘ

River Grove → locatedOn → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Aux Sable Township, Grundy County, Illinois → containsWatercourse → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet → locatedNear → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Salt Creek (Illinois) → tributaryOf → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Salt Creek (Illinois) → riverSystem → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Salt Creek (Illinois) → mouthLocation → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Salt Creek (Illinois) → drainageBasin → Des Plaines River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Des Plaines River watershed

North Riverside, Illinois → adjacentWaterBody → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Wheeling, Illinois → hasRiver → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Argonne, Illinois, United States of America → locatedNear → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Gurnee, Illinois → crossedBy → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Willow Springs, Illinois → locatedNear → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Willow Springs, Illinois → hasNaturalFeature → Des Plaines River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Des Plaines River valley

Wadsworth, Illinois → near → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Riverwoods, Illinois, United States → locatedInWatershed → Des Plaines River ⓘ

subject surface form: Riverwoods, Illinois

this entity surface form: Des Plaines River watershed

Rockdale, Illinois → locatedOnRiver → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Channahon, Illinois → locatedOnRiver → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Channahon, Illinois → locatedAlong → Des Plaines River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Des Plaines and DuPage Rivers confluence area

Libertyville, Illinois → locatedOnRiver → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Lemont, Illinois → locatedOnRiver → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Lemont Township (Cook County, partial border) → traversedByRiver → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Romeoville, Illinois → locatedOn → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Summit, Illinois → locatedOn → Des Plaines River ⓘ

River Forest, Illinois → borderedBy → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Harrah’s Joliet Casino → locatedOn → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park → locatedOnWaterway → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Metra Heritage Corridor → routeFollows → Des Plaines River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Des Plaines River valley

Lockport Lock and Dam → watercourseDownstream → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Lockport Lock and Dam → managesFlowBetween → Des Plaines River ⓘ

Calumet-Sag Channel (via Illinois Waterway system) → connectsWith → Des Plaines River ⓘ

subject surface form: Calumet-Sag Channel

Brandon Road Lock and Dam → locatedOnWaterway → Des Plaines River ⓘ