Upstream Kankakee River, notice how straight it is.

 Downstream Kankakee River, also very straight.

 Range Line Rd. cuts straight through the woods.

 Each side of the road never really gets completely dry.

 Again used for river flood control, but simultaneously is an example of how the entire glacial outwash used look.  This is also a nice picture to analyze some of the local flora.

 This photo taken facing north before reaching the Grand Kankakee Marsh County Park shows how flat the outwash plain is, now utilized as farm fields.  The tree line in the distance is the county park.

 Farm ditches keep the crop land drained but also keep water close enough for irrigation.

Many farmers use ditches and pump houses to drain fields and maintain water levels below the banks of these ditches.