The Maple River is a river in the
United States
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. It flows through western
Iowa
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and is long.
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed March 30, 2011 The Maple River rises in
Buena Vista County
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, and flows generally southwest through
Ida Grove
Ida Grove is a city in Ida County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,051 at the time of the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Ida County.
History
Founded in 1871, the town now known as "Old Ida Grove" was located on the north side of ...
,
Battle Creek
Battle Creek is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, in northwest Calhoun County, at the confluence of the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek rivers. It is the principal city of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which encom ...
,
Danbury
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Danbury is nicknamed the "Hat City ...
, and
Mapleton Mapleton may refer to:
Places Australia
* Mapleton, Queensland, a rural town and locality in the Sunshine Coast Region
Canada
* Mapleton, New Brunswick, a rural community in Kings County
* Mapleton, Moncton, New Brunswick, a neighborhood
* Mapl ...
finally joining with the
Little Sioux River
The Little Sioux River is a river in the United States. It rises in southwestern Minnesota near the Iowa border, and continues to flow southwest for U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map ...
near
Turin
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. Much of the river has been channelized.
The Maple River was named from the
soft maple
''Acer saccharinum'', commonly known as silver maple, creek maple, silverleaf maple, soft maple, large maple, water maple, swamp maple, or white maple, is a species of maple native to the eastern and central United States and southeastern Canad ...
trees along its banks.
See also
*
List of Iowa rivers
The following is a list of rivers and creeks in Iowa. The rivers are listed by multiple arrangements:
*those that form part of the boundaries of the U.S. state of Iowa;
*ordered by drainage basin, with tributaries indented under each larger rive ...
References
Rivers of Iowa
Rivers of Buena Vista County, Iowa
Rivers of Ida County, Iowa
Rivers of Woodbury County, Iowa
Rivers of Monona County, Iowa
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