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Rock River (Mississippi River)
The
Rock River
is a tributary of the
Mississippi River
, approximately long, in the
U.S. states
of
Wisconsin
and
Illinois
. The river was known as the
Sinnissippi
to
Sauk
and
Fox
Indians pushed west by white settlement; the name means "rocky waters". It begins just to the west of the village of
Brandon
in
Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
and flows east and then south to
Horicon Marsh
, east of
Waupun
. It meanders southward to the Illinois border ending about 300 miles later at the Mississippi River at the
Quad Cities
in Illinois and Iowa. During its course it passes through
Watertown
, collects the
Crawfish River
in
Jefferson
, and receives the
Bark River
at
Fort Atkinson
. In northern
Rock County
it receives the
Yahara River
, and flows southward through
Janesville
and
Beloit
into northern Illinois, where it receives the
Pecatonica River
5 miles (8 km) south of the state line.
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