The Mullet River is a
tributary
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of the
Sheboygan River
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, 40 miles (64 km) long, in eastern
Wisconsin
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in the
United States
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. Via the Sheboygan, it is part of the
watershed
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Hydrology
* Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
* Drainage basin, an area of land where surface water converges (North American usage)
Music
* Watershed Music Festival, an annual country ...
of
Lake Michigan
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, draining an area of 88 square miles (228 km²) in a primarily
agricultural
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area
of the
Eastern Ridges and Lowlands
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The Eastern R ...
region of Wisconsin.
River course
The Mullet River issues from Mullet Lake in the town of
Forest
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in eastern
Fond du Lac County and flows generally eastwardly into
Sheboygan County, passing through the village of
Glenbeulah and the city of
Plymouth
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. It joins the Sheboygan River from the south in the city of
Sheboygan Falls. , there were five
dam
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s on the river.
[ In the town of Greenbush in western Sheboygan County, the ]Wisconsin Historical Society
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maintains a functioning replica of the Herrling Sawmill on the river; the original turbine
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-powered sawmill
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stood on the same location from 1854 to 1910.
Variant names
According to the Geographic Names Information System
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, the Mullet River has also been known as "Mullet Creek," and by the spelling "Mullett River." The United States Board on Geographic Names
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issued a decision clarifying "Mullet River" as the stream's name in 1976.[
]
See also
*List of Wisconsin rivers
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References
External links
Rivers of Wisconsin
Rivers of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
Rivers of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
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