Big Muddy River Wisconsinan-era lake. This is why the Big Muddy tends to be so muddy. The Big Muddy joins the Mississippi River in Jackson County near the La Rue-Pine Hills Ecological Area and less than south of Grand Tower Island. The Pine Hills are bluffs overlooking the Big Muddy as it flows through La Rue swamp. During the melting of the Wisconsinan glacier, the Mississippi River flood plain was filled with rushing meltwater in summer. During the winter the flow of meltwater was cut off, and the floodplain was a wide stretch of exposed mud. Winter winds created dust storms that covered
King River (Great Southern, Western Australia) The land along the river is estimated as being 83% cleared yet the water quality is generally healthy fresh water. The salinity level of the King River at discharge is 800 mg/L. The main tributary of the King River is Mill Brook which joins the King about north-west of the Upper King Bridge. King River (Great Southern, Western Australia) The King River is a river in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The river rises east of the town of Redmond and then flows for approximately and along with the Kalgan River drains into Oyster Harbour and finally King