Buffalo Creek Wheeling Drainage Ditch | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Illinois |
County | Lake, Cook |
City | Lake Zurich, Kildeer, Long Grove, Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Wheeling |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Lake Zurich, Illinois |
• coordinates | 42°11′14.5″N 88°3′52.8″W / 42.187361°N 88.064667°W |
Mouth | Des Plaines River |
• location | Wheeling, Illinois |
• coordinates | 42°7′18″N 87°53′44.4″W / 42.12167°N 87.895667°W |
Length | 10.40 miles |
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Buffalo Creek is an 11.2-mile-long (18.0 km)[2] tributary of the Des Plaines River. It begins in Lake Zurich, Illinois and flows mainly south-eastward through Kildeer, Long Grove, Buffalo Grove and Wheeling. In Wheeling, it is named Wheeling Drainage Ditch. It joins the Des Plaines River next to Chicago Executive Airport.