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Leaf River, Illinois. Location of Leaf River in Ogle County, Illinois. / 42.12639°N 89.40306°W / 42.12639; -89.40306. Leaf River is a village in Leaf River Township, Ogle County, Illinois, United States, along a stream of the same name. The population was 443 at the 2010 census, down from 555 in 2000.
The Chickasawhay River is a river, about 210 miles (340 km) long, in southeastern Mississippi in the United States. It is a principal tributary of the Pascagoula River, which flows to the Gulf of Mexico. [1] The Chickasawhay's tributaries also drain a portion of western Alabama. The name "Chickasawhay" comes from the Choctaw word chikashsha-ahi ...
Petal offers various recreational activities, including parks, sports complexes, and community events. The proximity to the De Soto National Forest and the Leaf River provides opportunities for outdoor activities like hiking, fishing, and canoeing. Government. Petal operates under a Mayor-Council form of government.
Leaf Wilderness Area. Area Status: Open. Leaf Wilderness is a 940-acre tract of land in the floodplains of the Leaf River. All but the western edge of the wilderness, which is uplands, consist of meandering sloughs, oxbow lakes, and level terrain. Vegetation is mostly loblolly-shortleaf pine forest and oak-gum-cypress-spruce pine on the river ...
The Mississippi River has the world's fourth-largest drainage basin ("watershed" or "catchment"). The basin covers more than 1,245,000 square miles (3,220,000 km 2 ), including all or parts of 32 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. The drainage basin empties into the Gulf of Mexico, part of the Atlantic Ocean.
Leaf River Wildlife Management Area was established in 1940 out of land owned by the U.S. Forest Service. Located within the De Soto National Forest off Mississippi Highway 26 and east of Wiggins, Mississippi , it is composed of approximately 42,000 acres (170 km 2 ) of pine forest.
