Spoon River

Spoon River

Spoon River (spr. Spuhn Riwwer), Fluß in Illinois (Nordamerika), entspringt im westnord-westlichen Theile des Staates, fließt südlich u. fällt nach einem Laufe von 22 Meilen bei Havanna in der Grafschaft Mason in den Illinois River.


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