Des Moines River
General data
- Water type: River
- Source: Lake Shetek
- Progression: Mississippi River -> Gulf of Mexico -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
- Climates: Continental
- Continents: North America
- Countries: United States of America
Description
The Des Moines River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the upper Midwestern United States that is approximately 525 miles (845 km) long from its farther headwaters. The largest river flowing across the state of Iowa, it rises in southern Minnesota and flows across Iowa from northwest to southeast, passing from the glaciated plains into the unglaciated hills near the capital city of Des Moines, named after the river, in the center of the state. The river continues to flow at a southeastern direction away from Des Moines, later flowing directly into the Mississippi River.
Source
Artificial lakes
Natural lakes
Rivers
Esociformes - Pikes
Cypriniformes - Carps
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Perciformes - Perches
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Catches
