Big Muddy River Big Muddy River The Big Muddy River is a river in southern Illinois. It joins the Mississippi River just south of Grand Tower. The Big Muddy has been dammed near Benton, forming Rend Lake. The Big Muddy has a mud bottom for most of its length. The Big Muddy drains a watershed. In 1995, water quality was assessed as "fair" to "good". Pollution sources include agricultural practices, mining and municipalities. The watershed of the Big Muddy was covered by the Illinoian Glacier about 300,000 to 132,000 years before present. The Big Muddy basin formed after the retreat of that glacier.
Muddy Run (Maurice River tributary) Known as Indian Head. Inden Head Was Named Due To The Numerous Arrow Heads Found At That Location and it Was Also Known As A Tribal Meeting Location For The Various Native American Indian Tribes MManitaco Manumuskin That Traveled These River Highways in Early America. Also Is Rainbow Lake NJ Landis Avenue Vineland To Bridgeton NJ Rt 56 Muddy Run (Maurice River tributary) Muddy Run is a tributary of the Maurice River in southwestern New Jersey in the United States. It flows in a generally southeastern direction through southern Gloucester County. Muddy Run (Maurice River) (section) Begins at Palatine Lake