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{{for|the longer river in northern Indiana|Eel River (Wabash River)}}
The '''Eel River''' is a {{convert|52.8|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2012-03-29 }}, accessed May 19, 2011</ref> tributary of the [[White River (Indiana)|White River]] in southwestern [[Indiana]].  Via the White, [[Wabash River|Wabash]], and [[Ohio River|Ohio]] rivers, its waters flow to the [[Mississippi River]] and the [[Gulf of Mexico]].  The Eel River flows through [[Greene County, Indiana|Greene]], [[Owen County, Indiana|Owen]], [[Clay County, Indiana|Clay]], and [[Putnam County, Indiana|Putnam]] counties. It is the southern of the two rivers named Eel River within Indiana.
The river forms in southwestern Putnam County at the confluence of Mill Creek and Big Walnut Creek. It runs generally south and slightly west for most of its course until it takes a southeast turn about {{convert|4|mi|km}} west of Middlebury.  It then flows about {{convert|18|mi|km}} to its junction with the [[White River (Indiana)|White River]] near [[Worthington, Indiana|Worthington]].  One of its tributaries, Big Walnut Creek, has a [[drainage basin]] of {{convert|318|sqmi|km2}}.  Another tributary is Mill Creek, which flows into Cagles Mill Lake, also known as [[Cagles Mill Lake|Cataract Lake]], before joining the Eel.
The Eel River has a mean annual discharge of 943 cubic feet per second at [[Bowling Green, Indiana]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://waterdata.usgs.gov/in/nwis/uv/?site_no=03360000&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060,62614,00010|title = USGS Current Conditions for USGS 03360000 EEL RIVER AT BOWLING GREEN, IN}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[List of rivers of Indiana]]
==References==
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==External links==
*{{GNIS|434036|Eel River}}
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[[Category:Rivers of Indiana]]
[[Category:Tributaries of the Wabash River]]
[[Category:Rivers of Greene County, Indiana]]
[[Category:Rivers of Owen County, Indiana]]
[[Category:Rivers of Clay County, Indiana]]
[[Category:Rivers of Putnam County, Indiana]]
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