Tributaries
In its upper course in Champaign County, the river collects the East Branch Embarras River, which rises in southwestern Vermilion County and flows 20.3 miles (32.7 km) generally westwardly in a channelized course, past the town of Broadlands. In Coles County, the Embarras collects the Little Embarras River, which rises in Edgar County and flows 19.6 miles (31.5 km) southwestwardly. In Jasper County, the Embarras collects the North Fork Embarras River, 64.0 miles (103.0 km) long, which rises in Edgar County and flows southwardly through Clark and Crawford counties.
Read more about this topic: Embarras River