Inside Illinois - Mineral Resources
by Anonymous
Illinois is about 385 miles long from north to south and about 218 miles wide. It has an area of 55,947 square miles. The average elevation of the state is about 600 feet above sea level. Charles Mound, however, in the northern part of Jo Daviess County in extreme northwestern Illinois, has an elevation of 1,241 feet above sea level and is the highest point in the state.
Cheap water transportation is available to Illinois industry through Lake Michigan, the Illinois Waterway, and the Mississippi, Ohio, and Wabash Rivers. These major rivers of Illinois collect the surface drainage of the state from a network of about 500 streams.
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