The Big River is a minor tributary of the Mississippi River in western Wisconsin in the United States. It flows for its entire 12.8-mile (20.6 km) length[1] in western Pierce County, rising in the town of River Falls and flowing south-southwestwardly into the town of Oak Grove. It enters the Mississippi River about 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Prescott.[2]
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.jpg) Aerial shot of Big River in Wisconsin | |
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• coordinates | 44°41′34″N 92°41′52″W / 44.6927°N 92.6979°W |
See also
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edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed October 5, 2012
- ^ DeLorme (1992). Wisconsin Atlas & Gazetteer. Freeport, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-247-1
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