Embarras River (Illinois)
| Embarras River | |
|---|---|
The Embarras River at Lawrenceville | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Champaign, Illinois |
| • coordinates | 40°05′40″N 88°15′02″W / 40.094314°N 88.250540°W |
| Mouth | |
• location | Confluence with the Wabash River southeast of Lawrenceville, Illinois |
• coordinates | 38°38′35″N 87°37′02″W / 38.6431028°N 87.6172464°W |
• elevation | 397 ft (121 m) |
| Length | 195 mi (314 km) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Lawrenceville, Illinois |
| • average | 2,648 cu/ft. per sec. |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Embarras River → Wabash → Ohio → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico |
| GNIS ID | 407983 |
The Embarras River (/ˈɛmbrɑː/ EM-brah) is a 195-mile-long (314 km) tributary of the Wabash River in southeastern Illinois in the United States. The waters of the Embarras reach the Gulf of Mexico via the Wabash, Ohio, and Mississippi Rivers. The river drains a watershed around 1,566,450 acres (6,339.2 km2) in an agricultural region. It arises near Champaign-Urbana and flows south to near Vincennes, Indiana. The name comes from French explorers, who used the French word, embarras, for river navigation obstacles, blockages, and difficulties relating to logjams.