Des Moines River
the largest river in Iowa; formed by the E. and W. forks in southwest Minnesota; flows S.
S. E. to the capital city, then S. E. to a point about 4 miles below Keokuk, where it empties into the Mississippi river; estimated length, 500 miles. It drains 10,000 square miles in Iowa; flows through a region rich in agricultural and grazing grounds, bituminous coal, and timber; receives the waters of Raccoon, North, Middle, South, and Boone rivers; and with a fall of 8 feet supplies a large number of valuable mill sites along its banks.
DESMOLOGY (a ligament), that branch of anatomy which treats of the ligaments and sinews.