Skunk River
River in Iowa, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the river in Minnesota, see Skunk River (Platte River).
The Skunk River is a 93-mile-long (150 km) tributary of the Mississippi River in the state of Iowa in the United States.
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Skunk River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Iowa |
County | Lee County, Iowa, Des Moines County, Iowa, Poweshiek County, Iowa, Henry County, Iowa, Jefferson County, Iowa, Washington County, Iowa, Keokuk County, Iowa, Jasper County, Iowa, Story County, Iowa, Hamilton County, Iowa, Mahaska County, Iowa, Marshall County, Iowa |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• coordinates | 41.2486246°N 92.0262877°W / 41.2486246; -92.0262877[1] |
Mouth | Mississippi River |
• location | Burlington, Iowa, US |
• coordinates | 40.6978186°N 91.1151447°W / 40.6978186; -91.1151447[1] |
• elevation | 518 ft (158 m)[1] |
Discharge | |
• location | Augusta, Iowa |
• average | 2,809 cu/ft. per sec.[2] |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | South Skunk River |
• right | North Skunk River |
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