This list of

Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and t ...

rivers includes all

stream A stream is a continuous body of surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to by a variety of local or regional names. Long large streams ...

s designated

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of ...

s although some may be smaller than those streams designated creeks, runs, brooks, swales, cuts, bayous, outlets, inlets, drains and ditches. These terms are all in use in Michigan. Other waterways are listed when they have articles. The state has over 300 named rivers. Several names are shared by different rivers; for example, there are eight Pine Rivers and seven Black Rivers. In four cases there are two rivers of the same name in one county. In these cases extra information such as alternate name or body of water they flow into has been added. Michigan Rivers

In alphabetical order

A–C

* Anna River *

Au Gres River The Au Gres River is a river in Michigan. Its mouth is at Lake Huron in the city of Au Gres, Michigan Au Gres ( ) is a city in Arenac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 945 at the 2020 census. History French explorers name ...

* Au Sable River * Au Train River * Bad River * Baldwin River * Baltimore River * Bark River * Bass River *

Battle Creek River The Battle Creek River (simply Battle Creek on federal maps) is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a tributary of the Kalamazoo River, joining it at Battle Creek, Michigan; the Kalamazoo River empties into Lake Michigan. The river ...

* Bean Creek (called Tiffin River in lower reaches) * Bear River * Bell River * Belle River * Betsie River * Big Betsy River * Big Garlic River * Big Iron River * Big River *

Big Sable River The Big Sable River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed November 21, 2011 river in Michigan in the United States. It originates in Lake County in the chain of lakes kno ...

* Big Siskiwit River * Birch Creek * Black Mallard River * Black River (Alcona County) * Black River (Allegan/Van Buren counties) * Black River (Cheboygan/Montmorency/Presque Isle/Otsego counties) * Black River (Gogebic County) * Black River (Mackinac County) * Black River (Marquette County) * Black River (Sanilac/St. Clair counties) * Blind Sucker River *

Boardman River The Boardman River ( '), also known as the Ottaway River ( ') or the Boardman–Ottaway River, is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed November 21, 2011 river in the northw ...

* Boyne River * Brevoort River * Brule River * Buck Creek * Canada Creek *

Carp Lake River The Carp Lake River is a river in Emmet County, Michigan, in the United States. It is a tributary of Lake Michigan, joining it west of the Straits of Mackinac The Straits of Mackinac ( ; french: Détroit de Mackinac) are the short waterways b ...

* Carp River (Chippewa/Mackinac County) * Carp River (Gogebic/Ontonagon counties), sections also called Big Carp River and Upper Carp River or Carp River Inlet or Inlet Creek * Carp River (Luce County), not on USGS maps * Carp River (Marquette County) * Cass River * Cataract River * Cedar Creek * Cedar River (Antrim County) * Cedar River (Clare/Gladwin counties) * Cedar River (Menominee County) * Charlotte River * Cheboygan River * Chippewa River * Choate Creek * Chocolay River * Clam River * Cliff River *

Clinton River The Clinton River is a river in southeastern Michigan in the United States. It is named in honor of DeWitt Clinton, who was governor of New York from 1817 to 1823. The main branch of the river rises from wetlands and coldwater tributaries from ...

* Coldbrook Creek * Coldwater River (Barry/Kent/Ionia counties) * Coldwater River (Branch County) * Coldwater River (Isabella counties) * Cranberry River *

Creighton River The Creighton River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed December 19, 2011 tributary of the West Branch Manistique River on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the Unit ...

* Crooked River * Crow River * Crystal River * Cut River (Mackinac County) * Cut River (Roscommon County)

D–K

Days River The Days River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed December 19, 2011 river on the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a narrow, rocky, and scenic river ...

* Dead River * Dead Sucker River * Deer River *

Detroit River The Detroit River flows west and south for from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie as a strait in the Great Lakes system. The river divides the metropolitan areas of Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario—an area collectively referred to as Detro ...

* Devils River * Dingman River * Dowagiac River * Driggs River * Duck River, also called Duck Creek * Eagle River * East Branch St. Joseph River * East Sleeping River * Ecorse River * Elk River * Elm River *

Escanaba River The Escanaba River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed December 19, 2011 river on the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. In his poem ''The Song of Hiawat ...

* Falls River * Fawn River * Fence River * Firesteel River * Fishdam River * Flat River * Flint River * Flintsteel River * Floodwood River * Ford River * Fox River * Galena River *

Galien River The Galien River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 19, 2011 stream in the southwest region of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river begins at the outlet of Dayto ...

Gogomain River The Gogomain River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed November 21, 2011 stream in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It is located in Raber Township ...

Gook Creek Gook Creek is a stream in Antrim County, Michigan, in the United States. It is a tributary of the Jordan River with an elevation of 620 ft (189 m) above sea level. Although gook is used as a common ethnic slur, the creek's name is widely acc ...

* Goose Creek * Grand River * Grass River * Gratiot River * Graveraet River * Green River, flows into

Jordan River The Jordan River or River Jordan ( ar, نَهْر الْأُرْدُنّ, ''Nahr al-ʾUrdunn'', he, נְהַר הַיַּרְדֵּן, ''Nəhar hayYardēn''; syc, ܢܗܪܐ ܕܝܘܪܕܢܢ ''Nahrāʾ Yurdnan''), also known as ''Nahr Al-Shariea ...

* Green River, part of

Intermediate River Intermediate may refer to: * Intermediate 1 or Intermediate 2, educational qualifications in Scotland * Intermediate (anatomy), the relative location of an anatomical structure lying between two other structures: see Anatomical terms of location ...

system *

Gun River The Gun River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 19, 2011 tributary of the Kalamazoo River in Michigan, in the United States. It begins at the outlet of Gun Lake at ...

Hemlock River The Hemlock River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed December 19, 2011 river in Michigan in the United States. It is a tributary of the Paint River, which flows to th ...

* Hendrie River * Hersey River * Huron River (Baraga/Marquette counties) * Huron River (Monroe/Wayne/Washtenaw/Livingston/Oakland counties) * Hurricane River * Indian River (Alger/Schoolcraft counties) * Indian River (Cheboygan County) *

* Iron River (Iron County) * Iron River (Marquette County) * Joe Maddy River *

of Beaver Island * Jumbo River *

Kalamazoo River The Kalamazoo River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan. The river is long from the junction of its North and South branches to its mouth at Lake Michigan, with a total length extending to when one includes the South Branch.U.S. Geologica ...

* Kawkawlin River *Kelso River

L–M

* Laughing Whitefish River *

Leland River The Leland River is a short river in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located in the unincorporated community of Leland, Michigan, Leland, the river is longU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National ...

, also called the Carp River * Lincoln River * Little Betsie River (

Lower Peninsula of Michigan The Lower Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Lower Michigan – is the larger, southern and less elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; the other being the Upper Peninsula, which is separated by the S ...

) * Little Betsy River (

Upper Peninsula of Michigan The Upper Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Upper Michigan or colloquially the U.P. – is the northern and more elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; it is separated from the Lower Peninsula by ...

) * Little Black River (Cheboygan County) * Little Black River (Gogebic County) * Little Brevoort River * Little Carp River (Baraga County) * Little Carp River (Cheboygan County), also called Carp River and Carp Creek * Little Carp River (Gogebic/Ontonagon counties) * Little Cedar River (Gladwin County) * Little Cedar River (Menominee County) * Little Cranberry River * Little Dead River * Little Elm River * Little Fawn River * Little Fishdam River * Little Fox River * Little Garlic River * Little Gratiot River *

Little Hemlock River The Little Hemlock River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed December 19, 2011 river in Michigan. It is a tributary of the Hemlock River, flowing via the Paint River, B ...

* Little Huron River * Little Indian River * Little Iron River * Little Manistee River *

Little Maple River The Little Maple River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 19, 2011 tributary of the Maple River in the central part of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Mic ...

* Little Misery River * Little Molasses River *

Little Munuscong River The Little Munuscong River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed November 21, 2011 river on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It is a tributary of Munu ...

* Little Muskegon River * Little Ocqueoc River *Little Otter River *Little Pigeon River (Cheboygan/Otsego Counties), empties into Pigeon River * Little Pigeon River (Huron County) * Little Presque Isle River * Little Rabbit River *

Little Rainy River The Little Rainy River is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed November 21, 2011 tributary of the Rainy River in the northern part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Via ...

* Little Rapid River * Little River (Big Bay de Noc) *

Little River (Menominee River tributary) The Little River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed December 19, 2011 tributary of the Menominee River on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It ris ...

* Little River Raisin * Little Silver River *

Little Siskiwit River The Little Siskiwit River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 1, 2012 river on Isle Royale in Lake Superior, in the U.S. state of Michigan. See also *List of rivers ...

Little Sturgeon River The Little Sturgeon River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed November 21, 2011 river in Cheboygan County, Michigan, in the United States. It is a tributary of the Ind ...

* Little Thornapple River, tributary of the Coldwater River in Barry County * Little Thornapple River, tributary of the Thornapple River in Eaton County * Little Tobacco River * Little Trout River * Little Two Hearted River * Little Union River *

Looking Glass River The Looking Glass River in the U.S. state of Michigan is a river flowing through the central region of the Lower Peninsula. It is about long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , acc ...

* Lower Millecoquins River * Macatawa River * Malletts Creek * Manistee River *

Manistique River The Manistique River ( ') is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed December 19, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Michigan that winds southward through the central Upper Penin ...

* Maple Leaf Creek * Maple River (Cheboygan/Emmett counties) * Maple River (Ionia/Clinton/Gratiot/Shiawassee counties) *Maple River (Newaygo/Muskegon counties) * McCoy Creek * Medora River *

Menominee River The Menominee River is a river in northwestern Michigan and northeastern Wisconsin in the United States. It is approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed Dece ...

Michigamme River The Michigamme River ( ) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed December 19, 2011 tributary of the Menominee River on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. V ...

* Middle Branch River * Milakokia River * Milk River * Mineral River * Miners River * Misery River *

Misteguay Creek Misteguay Creek is a tributary of the Flint River, long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data froThe National Map, retrieved 2015-08-18. on the central Lower Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. ...

Mitchigan River The Mitchigan River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed December 19, 2011 stream in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It flo ...

* Molasses River * Montreal River (Keweenaw County) * Montreal River (

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

–Michigan border) *

Moran River The Moran River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed December 19, 2011 river on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It begins at the outlet of Chain Lake ...

* Mosquito River *

Munuscong River The Munuscong River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed November 21, 2011 river on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It is a tributary of Munuscong L ...

* Murphy River *

Muskegon River Muskegon River is a river in the western portion of the lower peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river source is located at Houghton Lake in Roscommon County, flowing out of the North Bay into neighboring Missaukee County. The river ...

N–R

* Net River * New River * North River * Nottawa Creek (also known as Nottawa River) *

Ocqueoc River The Ocqueoc River ( ') is stream in Presque Isle County in the northeastern part of the lower peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is longU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map ac ...

* Ogontz River *

Ontonagon River The Ontonagon River ( ) is a river flowing into Lake Superior at the village of Ontonagon, on the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. The main stem of the river is long''The American Rivers Outstanding Rivers List'', Sec ...

*Ore Creek (Livingston County) *

Ottawa River The Ottawa River (french: Rivière des Outaouais, Algonquin: ''Kichi-Sìbì/Kitchissippi'') is a river in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. It is named after the Algonquin word 'to trade', as it was the major trade route of Eastern ...

, usually called North Tenmile Creek * Otter River * Paint Creek (Oakland County) * Paint Creek (Washtenaw/Monroe counties) *

Paint River Paint River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed December 19, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a tributary of the Brule River and flows through Gogebic an ...

* Partridge Creek * Paw Paw River * Pelton River, also called Pelton Creek * Pentwater River * Perch River *

Pere Marquette River The Pere Marquette River is a river in Michigan in the United States. The main stream of this river is long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed November 21, 2011 running fro ...

Peshekee River The Peshekee River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed December 19, 2011 river on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It is a tributary of Lake Mic ...

* Pigeon River (Cheboygan/Otsego counties), empties into Mullett Lake * Pigeon River (Huron County), empties into Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron * Pigeon River (Ottawa County), empties into Lake Michigan *Pigeon River (St. Joseph County), empties into the St. Joseph River * Pike River * Pilgrim River * Pinconning River * Pine Creek (Gratiot County) *Pine River (Alcona/Iosco counties) *Pine River (Arenac County) *Pine River (Charlevoix County) * Pine River (Chippewa/Mackinac counties) * Pine River (Lake/Manistee/Osceola/Wexford counties), also called South Branch of Manistee River *Pine River (Marquette County) * Pine River (Mecosta/Isabella/Montcalm/Gratiot/Midland counties) *Pine River (St. Clair County) * Pinnebog River *

Plaster Creek Plaster Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 19, 2011 urban stream in Kent County, Michigan in the United States. It is a tributary of the Grand River. The ...

Platte River The Platte River () is a major river in the State of Nebraska. It is about long; measured to its farthest source via its tributary, the North Platte River, it flows for over . The Platte River is a tributary of the Missouri River, which itsel ...

Pointe aux Chenes River The Pointe aux Chenes River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed December 19, 2011 river on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It begins at the outlet ...

* Portage River (Houghton County), the southern end of the Keweenaw Waterway * Portage River (Jackson/Washtenaw counties), a tributary of the Grand River * Portage River (Kalamazoo/St. Joseph counties), a tributary of the St. Joseph River *Portage River (Livingston/Washtenaw counties), a tributary of the Huron River * Potagannissing River * Potato River * Prairie River * Presque Isle River * Quanicassee River * Rabbit River * Rainy River * Rapid River (Delta/Marquette counties) * Rapid River (Kalkaska County) * Rapid River (Ontonagon County) * Ravine River * Red Cedar River * Rifle River *

River Raisin The River Raisin is a river in southeastern Michigan, United States, that flows through glacial sediments into Lake Erie. The area today is an agricultural and industrial center of Michigan. The river flows for almost ,U.S. Geological Surv ...

* River Rouge or Rouge River *

River Styx In Greek mythology, Styx (; grc, Στύξ ) is a river that forms the boundary between Earth (Gaia) and the Underworld. The rivers Acheron, Cocytus, Lethe, Phlegethon, and Styx all converge at the centre of the underworld on a great marsh, ...

(Gratiot County) *

(Marquette County) * Rock River (Alger County) * Rock River (Baraga County) * Rock River (Mackinaw County) *

Rocky River Rocky River may refer to: Localities * Rocky River, Ohio, USA * Rocky River, New South Wales near Uralla, Australia Electorates *Electoral district of Rocky River (South Australia) Streams In Australia: * Rocky River (New South Wales) * ...

* Rogue River * Ruby Creek

S–Z

* Saganing River * Sage River *

Saginaw River The Saginaw River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed November 7, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is formed by the confluence of the Tittabawassee and S ...

* Saint Clair River * St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan) * St. Marys River * Saline River * Salmon Trout River (Houghton County) * Salmon Trout River (Marquette County) * Salt River (Macomb County) * Salt River (Midland/Isabella counties) * Sand River * Sandy Creek *

Sante River The Sante River is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed January 3, 2012 stream on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. Via the North Branch Otter River, ...

* Sauk River * Sebewaing River * Second River * Shakey River *

Shelldrake River The Shelldrake River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed January 3, 2012 river in Chippewa County on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It flows th ...

Shiawassee River The Shiawassee River ( ) in the U.S. state of Michigan drains an area of within Oakland, Genesee, Livingston, Shiawassee, Midland and Saginaw counties. It flows in a generally northerly direction for approximately from its source to its co ...

* Shoepac River * Silver River (Baraga County), drains to Lake Superior * Silver River (Baraga–Houghton counties), drains to Sturgeon River * Silver River (Keweenaw County), drains to Lake Superior *

Siskiwit River The Siskiwit River is a stream on Isle Royale in Lake Superior, in the U.S. state of Michigan. It forms the outlet of Siskiwit Lake and drops over its short course, dropping over Siskiwit Falls and entering Lake Superior at Malone Bay.U.S. Geolog ...

*Slate River (Baraga County) *Slate River (Gogebic County) *

Snake River The Snake River is a major river of the greater Pacific Northwest region in the United States. At long, it is the largest tributary of the Columbia River, in turn, the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean. The Snake ...

* South Branch Little Sugar River * Spruce River * Spurr River * Stout Creek * Sturgeon River (Alger/Delta counties) * Sturgeon River (Baraga/Houghton counties) * Sturgeon River (Cheboygan/Otsego counties) *Sturgeon River (Dickinson County) *

Sucker River The Sucker River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed January 3, 2012 river in eastern Alger County on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It rises at th ...

* Sugar River * Swan River *

Swartz Creek Swartz Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed November 7, 2011 creek located in the Mid Michigan area in the United States. It is a tributary of the Flint River and ...

* Sycamore Creek *

Tacoosh River The Tacoosh River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed December 19, 2011 river situated on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It flows into Lake Michiga ...

* Tahquamenon River *

Talmadge Creek Talmadge Creek is a tributary of the Kalamazoo River. It is located in Calhoun County, Michigan, near the county seat of Marshall. 2010 crude oil spill The creek is notable as the site of a major oil spill that made its way into the Kalamazoo ...

* Tamarack River * Tawas River * Thornapple River *

Thunder Bay River The Thunder Bay River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed November 21, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It drains much of Alpena County and Montmorency County, ...

* Tioga River *

Tittabawassee River The Tittabawassee River flows in a generally southeasterly direction through the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river begins at Secord Lake in Clement Township, at the confluence of the East Branch and the Middle Branch. Fro ...

* Tobacco River (Keweenaw County, Michigan) * Tobacco River (Tittabawassee River) * Torch River *

Trap Rock River The Trap Rock River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed February 3, 2012 tributary of Torch Lake that flows through Keweenaw and Houghton counties in the Upper Peninsul ...

* Traverse River * Trout Creek * Trout River *

Two Hearted River The Two Hearted River is a river in the eastern Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located entirely within McMillan Township in Luce County. The river runs approximately through forested wilderness,U.S. Geological Survey. ...

* Union River * Upper Millecoquins River * Vermilac River *

Waiska River The Waiska River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed November 21, 2011 river on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It flows through Superior Township i ...

* Walker Creek * Walton River * West Branch St. Joseph River * West Sleeping River * White River (Huron County) * White River (Muskegon/Oceana counties) * Whitefish River * Yellow Dog River

By watershed

Lake Erie Lake Erie ( "eerie") is the fourth largest lake by surface area of the five Great Lakes in North America and the eleventh-largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also ha ...
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* ''Maumee River (OH)'' ** ''Tiffin River (OH)'' *** Bean Creek ** ''St. Joseph River (OH)'' *** East Branch Saint Joseph River *** West Branch Saint Joseph River *

* Little Lake Creek ** Flat Creek *** North River *

** Saline River ** Little River Raisin ** Goose Creek * Sandy Creek * Huron River (Monroe/Wayne/Washtenaw/Livingston/Oakland counties) ** Portage River (Livingston/Washtenaw counties) *

** Ecorse River ** River Rouge or Rouge River

Lake St. Clair basin

* Milk River *

** Paint Creek *** Trout Creek * Salt River (Macomb County) * Saint Clair River ** Belle River ** Pine River (St. Clair County) ** Black River (Sanilac/St. Clair counties)

Lake Huron Lake Huron ( ) is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. Hydrologically, it comprises the easterly portion of Lake Michigan–Huron, having the same surface elevation as Lake Michigan, to which it is connected by the , Straits of Mack ...
basin

The Thumb The Thumb is a region and a peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, so named because the Lower Peninsula is shaped like a mitten. The Thumb area is generally considered to be in the Central Michigan region, east of the Tri-Cities and north of M ...

* White River (Huron County, Michigan) * New River * Pinnebog River * Pigeon River (Huron County) ** Little Pigeon River (Huron County)

Saginaw Bay Saginaw Bay is a bay within Lake Huron located on the eastern side of the U.S. state of Michigan. It forms the space between Michigan's Thumb region and the rest of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Saginaw Bay is in area. It is located in part ...

* Sebewaing River * Quanicassee River *

*** Cass River *** Flint River ****

****

*** Bad River **

*** Chippewa River **** Pine River (Mecosta/Isabella/Montcalm/Gratiot/Midland counties) ****

Coldwater River (Isabella County) Coldwater River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed November 7, 2011 stream in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located in Isabella County, the river rises as the outflow ...

***** Walker Creek *** Salt River (Midland/Isabella counties) *** Tobacco River **** Little Cedar River (Gladwin County) **** Cedar River (Clare/Gladwin counties) *** Molasses River **** Little Molasses River *** Little Tobacco River *** Sugar River **** South Branch Little Sugar River * Kawkawlin River * Pinconning River * Saganing River * Pine River * Rifle River *

* Tawas River

Northeast
Lower Peninsula of Michigan The Lower Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Lower Michigan – is the larger, southern and less elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; the other being the Upper Peninsula, which is separated by the S ...

* Au Sable River ** Pine River (Alcona County) * Black River (Alcona County) * Devils River *

* Bell River * Little Trout River * Swan River * Trout River *

** Little Ocqueoc River * Black Mallard River * Cheboygan River, mouth at Cheboygan in Cheboygan County ** Black River (Cheboygan/Montmorency/Presque Isle/Otsego counties) *** Rainy River ****

*** Canada Creek ** '' Mullett Lake'' *** Little Pigeon River (Cheboygan County), empties directly into Mullett Lake *** Pigeon River (Cheboygan/Otsego counties) **** Little Pigeon River (Cheboygan County) *** Indian River (Cheboygan County) ****

**** ''

Burt Lake Burt Lake is a 17,120 acre (69 km2) lake in Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The western shore of the lake is on the boundary with Emmet County. The lake is named after William Austin Burt, who, together with John Mullett, m ...

'' ***** Sturgeon River (Cheboygan/Otsego counties) ***** Crooked River ***** Maple River (Cheboygan/Emmett counties) *****

Little Carp River (Cheboygan County) The Little Carp River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed November 21, 2011 stream in Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The river begins in Munro Townshi ...

Little Black River (Cheboygan County) The Little Black River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed November 21, 2011 stream in Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises in Beaugrand Township a ...

Upper Peninsula of Michigan The Upper Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Upper Michigan or colloquially the U.P. – is the northern and more elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; it is separated from the Lower Peninsula by ...

* Carp River (Chippewa/Mackinac counties) * Pine River (Chippewa/Mackinac counties) * Potagannissing River (Drummond Island) * Saint Mary's River **

** Charlotte River **

Lake Michigan Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume () and the third-largest by surface area (), after Lake Superior and Lake Huron. To the east, its basin is conjoined with that o ...
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Lower Peninsula of Michigan The Lower Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Lower Michigan – is the larger, southern and less elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; the other being the Upper Peninsula, which is separated by the S ...

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Northern Michigan Northern Michigan, also known as Northern Lower Michigan (known colloquially to residents of more southerly parts of the state and summer residents from cities such as Detroit as " Up North"), is a region of the U.S. state of Michigan. A popul ...

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* Bear River * Pine River (Charlevoix County) ** '' Lake Charlevoix'' ***

**** Green River *** Boyne River *''

Grand Traverse Bay Grand Traverse Bay is a deep bay of Lake Michigan formed by the Leelanau Peninsula in the northwestern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. The bay is long, wide, and up to deep in spots. It is further divided into two east and west arms by the Ol ...

'' ** Elk River *** '' Elk Lake'' **** Torch River *****

Rapid River (Kalkaska County, Michigan) Rapid River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed November 21, 2011 river in Kalkaska County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The river empties into the Torch River at the ...

****** Little Rapid River ***** ''

Torch Lake (Antrim County, Michigan) Torch Lake is a lake in the Northern Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. At long, is Michigan's longest inland lake, and at approximately 29.3 mi2 (76 km2), it is Michigan's second largest inland lake, after Houghton Lake ...

'' ****** '' Clam Lake'' ******* Grass River ******** ''

Lake Bellaire A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

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Cedar River (Antrim County, Michigan) Cedar River is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed November 21, 2011 stream in Antrim County in the U.S. state of Michigan and is part of the Elk River Chain of Lakes Wa ...

********** '' Intermediate Lake'' *********** Green River ************ '' Sixmile Lake'' and other lakes ************* Dingman River **************

*** ''Boardman Lake'' *

, also called the Carp River * Crystal River *

* Betsie River ** Little Betsie River * Manistee River ** '' Manistee Lake'' *** Little Manistee River ** Pine River (Lake/Manistee/Osceola/Wexford counties), also called South Branch of Manistee River Pere Marquette River in Autumn Manistee National Forest

Pere Marquette River in Autumn Manistee National Forest

* Lincoln River *

** Big South Branch Pere Marquette River *** Ruby Creek ** Baldwin River * Pentwater River (Oceana County)

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West Michigan West Michigan and Western Michigan are terms for an arbitrary region in the U.S. state of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. Most narrowly it refers to the Grand Rapids- Muskegon-Holland area, and more broadly to most of the region along the Lower Pe ...

= * White River (Muskegon/Oceana counties) *

** Maple River (Newaygo/Muskegon counties) ** Little Muskegon River ** Hersey River ** Middle Branch River ** Clam River Ada MI GrandRiver DSCN9684

* Grand River ** Bass River ** Buck Creek **

** Coldbrook Creek ** Rogue River ** Thornapple River *** Coldwater River (Barry/Kent/Ionia counties) **** Little Thornapple River, in Barry County *** Little Thornapple River (Eaton County) ** Flat River ** Maple River (Ionia/Clinton/Gratiot/Shiawassee counties) *** Pine Creek, some portions called Newark and Arcadia Drain ****

(Gratiot County) ***

** Red Cedar River *** Sycamore Creek ** Portage River (Jackson/Washtenaw counties) * Pigeon River (Ottawa County) * '' Lake Macatawa'' ** Macatawa River *

** Rabbit River *** Little Rabbit River **

* Black River (Allegan/Van Buren counties) * St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan) ** Paw Paw River ** Dowagiac River ** Pigeon River (St. Joseph County) ** Fawn River *** Little Fawn River ** Prairie River **

** Portage River (Kalamazoo/St. Joseph counties) ** Nottawa Creek (also known as Nottawa River) ** Coldwater River (Branch County) *** Sauk River *

** South Branch Galien River *** Galena River

Upper Peninsula of Michigan The Upper Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Upper Michigan or colloquially the U.P. – is the northern and more elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; it is separated from the Lower Peninsula by ...

= Green Bay

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** Little River ** Little Cedar River ** Shakey River ** Sturgeon River (Dickinson County, Michigan) ** Brule River ***

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**** Net River ***

Iron River (Iron County, Michigan) The Iron River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed December 19, 2011 river in Iron County, Michigan, in the United States. It flows from northwest to southeast through t ...

*** Kelso River *** Deer River *** Fence River ****

*** Spruce River ***

*** Spurr River *

Cedar River (Menominee County, Michigan) Cedar River (also known as the Big Cedar River) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed December 19, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises in the northern part ...

** Walton River * Bark River * Ford River ;Little Bay de Noc *

** Middle Branch Escanaba River *** Black River (Marquette County) *** Second River ** East Branch Escanaba River *

* Rapid River (Delta/Marquette counties) * Whitefish River ;Big Bay de Noc * Big River * Little River * Ogontz River * Sturgeon River (Alger/Delta counties) * Fishdam River * Little Fishdam River

= Remainder of Lake Michigan/Upper Peninsula

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** Indian River (Alger/Schoolcraft counties) *** Little Indian River **

West Branch Manistique River West Branch Manistique River is a river in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises in Alger County, flows southeast into Schoolcraft County, and discharges into the Manistique River. Its principal tributary is the Creighton ...

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** Driggs River ** Fox River *** East Branch Fox River *** Little Fox River ** '' Manistique Lake'' *** Shoepac River * Milakokia River * Cataract River * Crow River * Rock River (Lake Michigan) * Lower Millecoquins River ** Upper Millecoquins River * Black River (Mackinac County) * Cut River * Brevoort River ** '' Brevoort Lake'' *** Little Brevoort River *

Beaver Island

Lake Superior Lake Superior in central North America is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface areaThe Caspian Sea is the largest lake, but is saline, not freshwater. and the third-largest by volume, holding 10% of the world's surface fresh wa ...
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* Tahquamenon River ** Hendrie River ** Sage River *

* Carp River (Luce County) * Little Two Hearted River *

* Blind Sucker River ** Dead Sucker River *

* Hurricane River * Mosquito River * Miners River * Anna River * Au Train River * Rock River (Lake Superior) * Laughing Whitefish River * Sand River * Chocolay River * Carp River (Marquette County) * Dead River ** Little Dead River * Little Garlic River * Big Garlic River *

Iron River (Marquette County, Michigan) The Iron River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed January 3, 2012 river in Marquette County on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It is a short s ...

** '' Lake Independence'' *** Yellow Dog River Yellow dog falls

* Salmon Trout River (Marquette County) * Pine River (Marquette County) ** ''Pine Lake'' ***

(Marquette County) *** Mountain Stream **** ''Mountain Lake'' ***** Cliff River * Little Huron River * Huron River (Baraga/Marquette counties) *

Huron Bay Huron Bay is a long, narrow fjord long, located in Baraga County, Michigan, on the northern shore of the Upper Peninsula of the State of Michigan. The bay, oriented in a northeast-southwest direction, is bounded by the Huron Mountains on its ea ...

** Ravine River ** Slate River (Baraga County) ** Silver River (Baraga County) * Falls River * Little Carp River (Baraga County) *

Portage River (Houghton County, Michigan) The Keweenaw Waterway is a partly natural, partly artificial waterway which cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan; it separates Copper Island from the mainland. Parts of the waterway are variously known as the Keweenaw Waterway, Portage ...

, the southern end of the Keweenaw Waterway **

** ''Portage Lake'' *** Sturgeon River (Baraga/Houghton counties) **** '' Otter Lake'' ***** Otter River ****** West Branch Otter River ****** North Branch Otter River *******

******* Little Otter River **** Silver River (Baraga County/Houghton County) **** Little Silver River **** Perch River **** Rock River (Sturgeon River tributary) ***** ''Worm Lake'' ****** Vermilac River ****** Murphy River **** Tioga River *** Pike River *** ''Torch Lake'' ****

*** Pilgrim River * Traverse River * Tobacco River * Big Betsy River * Little Betsy River * '' Lac La Belle'' ** Little Gratiot River * Montreal River (Keweenaw County) ** Medora River * Silver River (Keweenaw County) * Eagle River * Gratiot River * Salmon Trout River (Houghton County) * Graveraet River * Elm River * Little Elm River * Misery River ** Little Misery River * East Sleeping River * West Sleeping River * Firesteel River * Flintsteel River

** West Branch Ontonagon River *** South Branch Ontonagon River *** '' Lake Gogebic'' **** Slate River (Gogebic County) ***** Pelton River or Pelton Creek ** Middle Branch Ontonagon River *** Baltimore River *** Tamarack River ** East Branch Ontonagon River *** Jumbo River * Potato River * Floodwood River * Cranberry River * Little Cranberry River * Duck River, also called Duck Creek (Ontonogan County) * Mineral River * Big Iron River ** Rapid River (Ontonagon County, Michigan) * Little Iron River * Union River ** Little Union River * Carp River (Gogebic/Ontonagon counties), sections also called Big Carp River and Upper Carp River *

Little Carp River (Gogebic-Ontonagon counties) Little Carp River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 1, 2012 river in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. The Carp River rises at in ...

* Presque Isle River ** Little Presque Isle River *

Black River (Gogebic County) The Black River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 1, 2012 river on the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, flowing mostly in Gogebic County into Lake ...

Little Black River (Gogebic County) The Little Black River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 1, 2012 stream in Gogebic County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises in Bessemer Township Bessemer ...

* Montreal River (Wisconsin-Michigan) (Gogebic County)

Isle Royale Isle Royale National Park is an American national park consisting of Isle Royale – known as Minong to the native Ojibwe – along with more than 400 small adjacent islands and the surrounding waters of Lake Superior, in the state of Michigan. ...

* Big Siskiwit River *

References

USGS GNIS

United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, ...

's Geographical Names Information System

External links

Michigan streamflow data from the USGS
{{Rivers in the United States

Rivers A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

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Lake Erie Lake Erie ( "eerie") is the fourth largest lake by surface area of the five Great Lakes in North America and the eleventh-largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also ha ... basin

Lake St. Clair basin

Lake Huron Lake Huron ( ) is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. Hydrologically, it comprises the easterly portion of Lake Michigan–Huron, having the same surface elevation as Lake Michigan, to which it is connected by the , Straits of Mack ... basin

The Thumb The Thumb is a region and a peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, so named because the Lower Peninsula is shaped like a mitten. The Thumb area is generally considered to be in the Central Michigan region, east of the Tri-Cities and north of M ...

Saginaw Bay Saginaw Bay is a bay within Lake Huron located on the eastern side of the U.S. state of Michigan. It forms the space between Michigan's Thumb region and the rest of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Saginaw Bay is in area. It is located in part ...

Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan The Lower Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Lower Michigan – is the larger, southern and less elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; the other being the Upper Peninsula, which is separated by the S ...

Upper Peninsula of Michigan The Upper Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Upper Michigan or colloquially the U.P. – is the northern and more elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; it is separated from the Lower Peninsula by ...

Lake Michigan Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume () and the third-largest by surface area (), after Lake Superior and Lake Huron. To the east, its basin is conjoined with that o ... basin

Lower Peninsula of Michigan The Lower Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Lower Michigan – is the larger, southern and less elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; the other being the Upper Peninsula, which is separated by the S ...

= Northern Michigan Northern Michigan, also known as Northern Lower Michigan (known colloquially to residents of more southerly parts of the state and summer residents from cities such as Detroit as " Up North"), is a region of the U.S. state of Michigan. A popul ...

= West Michigan West Michigan and Western Michigan are terms for an arbitrary region in the U.S. state of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. Most narrowly it refers to the Grand Rapids- Muskegon-Holland area, and more broadly to most of the region along the Lower Pe ...

Upper Peninsula of Michigan The Upper Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Upper Michigan or colloquially the U.P. – is the northern and more elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; it is separated from the Lower Peninsula by ...

= Green Bay

= Remainder of Lake Michigan/Upper Peninsula

Beaver Island

Lake Superior Lake Superior in central North America is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface areaThe Caspian Sea is the largest lake, but is saline, not freshwater. and the third-largest by volume, holding 10% of the world's surface fresh wa ... basin

Isle Royale Isle Royale National Park is an American national park consisting of Isle Royale – known as Minong to the native Ojibwe – along with more than 400 small adjacent islands and the surrounding waters of Lake Superior, in the state of Michigan. ...

See also

References

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Lake Erie Lake Erie ( "eerie") is the fourth largest lake by surface area of the five Great Lakes in North America and the eleventh-largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also ha ...
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Lake Huron Lake Huron ( ) is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. Hydrologically, it comprises the easterly portion of Lake Michigan–Huron, having the same surface elevation as Lake Michigan, to which it is connected by the , Straits of Mack ...
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Lower Peninsula of Michigan The Lower Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Lower Michigan – is the larger, southern and less elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; the other being the Upper Peninsula, which is separated by the S ...

Lake Michigan Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume () and the third-largest by surface area (), after Lake Superior and Lake Huron. To the east, its basin is conjoined with that o ...
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Northern Michigan Northern Michigan, also known as Northern Lower Michigan (known colloquially to residents of more southerly parts of the state and summer residents from cities such as Detroit as " Up North"), is a region of the U.S. state of Michigan. A popul ...

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West Michigan West Michigan and Western Michigan are terms for an arbitrary region in the U.S. state of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. Most narrowly it refers to the Grand Rapids- Muskegon-Holland area, and more broadly to most of the region along the Lower Pe ...

Lake Superior Lake Superior in central North America is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface areaThe Caspian Sea is the largest lake, but is saline, not freshwater. and the third-largest by volume, holding 10% of the world's surface fresh wa ...
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