Cache River (Illinois)
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The Cache River is a 92-mile-long waterway in southernmost Illinois, in a region sometimes called Little Egypt. The basin spans 737 square miles and six counties: Alexander, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pul
A swamp along the river
Heron Pond in the Cache River State Natural Area.
Sedimentation resulting from diversion and erosion
A canoeist on the Cache River
The Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge is an American wildlife refuge. It is located in the Cache River watershed in southernmost Illinois, largely in Pulaski County, but with extensions into Unio
Cache River (Illinois)
…significant portion of the Cache River Wetlands are protected by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge, established in 1990, covers 15,000 acres (61 km2) of aquatic and riparian habitat, and is eventually planned to expand to 35,500 acres (144 km2). The…
The watershed of the Cache River, in which the Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge is located