The Illinois Headwaters: an inventory of the region's resources

Submitter: Sarah Shreeves

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Description

Title

The Illinois Headwaters: an inventory of the region's resources

Issue Date

1997

Keyword(s)

• Ecosystem management --Illinois
• Wetland ecology --Illinois
• Natural resources surveys --Illinois
• Conservation of natural resources --Illinois
• Environmental protection --Illinois
• Natural resources conservation areas --Illinois
• Ecology --Illinois.

Geographic Coverage

Illinois

Abstract

"Just as the Grand Prairie -- Illinois' namesake landscape -- was the heart of the continent's ""Prairie Peninsula,"" so the Headwaters area of east central Illinois is the heart of the Grand Prairie. It is one of the flattest parts of the state and is characterized by glacial topography, with the flat areas separated by glacial moraines that serve as drainage divides. This causes water to flow downhill in most directions, giving rise to six major streamsthe Vermilion, Embarras, Sangamon, Mackinaw, Kaskaskia, and Little Vermilion rivers-that together drain almost a third of the state. As used here, the ""Headwaters"" refers to an area centered in Champaign, Ford, and Vermilion counties, and sprawling across parts of seven other counties."

Publisher

Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources

Series/Report Name or Number

Critical Trends Assessment Program

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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Copyright and License Information

These documents are a product of the Illinois state scientific surveys and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, and has been selected and made available by the Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. They are intended solely for noncommercial research and educational use, and proper attribution is requested.

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