What is the geography of Des Plaines, Illinois?
Des Plaines is located at (42.033848, -87.899786). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 37.6 km sq (14.5 square miles). 37.3 km sq (14.4 mi sq) of it is land and 0.3 km sq (0.1 mi sq) of it (0.76%) is water. Des Plaines is named for the Des Plaines River, which flows through it. The name is French, “of the plains”. Portions of Des Plaines are underlain by the “Des Plaines Disturbance”, an area in which the layers of sedimentary rock are highly abnormal. This probably represents an ancient meteor crater. The bedrock was highly fractured by the impact, with large blocks of sediment upended. The crater was eventually filled by glacial activity, so that no trace now remains on the surface. Source: http://en.wikipedia.
