The North Branch Kishwaukee River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 19, 2011 tributary of the Kishwaukee River in northern Illinois.James, L. Allan. Management and Restoration of Fluvial Systems with Broad Historical Changes and Human Impacts, (Google Books link), Geological Society of America, 2009, pp. 110-111, (), ().
Course The North Branch Kishwaukee River northeast of Harvard, Illinois and flows south through McHenry County.Kishwaukee River Area Assessment, Volume 2: Water Resources, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Office of Scientific Research and Analysis, 1998, p. 1, accessed January 22, 2011. to join the Kishwaukee River east of Marengo. It drains approximately of land area, flowing for 17 miles.
Description The North Branch Kishwaukee River flows in an east–west direction from its point of origin and has a generally unimpeded flow, save a dam at Belvidere, Illinois.Kishwaukee River Basin: An Inventory of the Regions Resources , Regional Watershed Assessment, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, p. 2 . The North Branch has an average width of , but in Boone County the stream becomes both wider and deeper. Nearer its point of origin the North Branch has a substrate of gravel, the substrate becomes sand and silt going further downstream.
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