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2. Water in Michigan - Wikipedia

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   Michigan has about 242 streams (rivers and creeks) with a combined length of 36,350 miles (58,500 km) and about 11,000 lakes and ponds. [1] Michigan borders four of the five Great Lakes and is a signatory to the Great Lakes Compact. [2] The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality is responsible for the management of Michigan's water ...

3. Houghton Lake (Michigan) - Wikipedia

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   Houghton County, in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is also named after Douglass Houghton. The name of the lake is pronounced by Michigan citizens as "HOTE'n" (/ˈhoʊʔn̩/). The lake receives the waters of spring-fed Higgins Lake through the Cut River and, in turn, is the headwaters for the Muskegon River , which flows out of the North Bay in ...

4. List of lakes of Michigan - Wikipedia

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   Michigan's 20 largest inland lakes. This is a list of lakes in Michigan. The American state of Michigan borders four of the five Great Lakes. The number of inland lakes in Michigan depends on the minimum size. There are: 62,798 lakes ≥ 0.1 acres (0.00040 km 2) [1] 26,266 lakes ≥ 1.0 acre (0.0040 km 2) [1] 6,537 lakes ≥ 10.0 acres (0.040 ...

5. Lake Michigan–Huron - Wikipedia

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   [3] [4] [22] Because of the hydrologic connectivity through the Straits, some sources consider the total area and volume of Lake Michigan–Huron when placing this system in a global or regional context. [23] When Lake Michigan–Huron is treated as a single entity, it is the largest freshwater lake by surface area in the world. [1] [23] [24] [25]

6. Marl Lake - Wikipedia

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   Marl Lake is a freshwater lake located in Roscommon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. [2] The lake is entirety located within South Higgins Lake State Park. [3] The lake is within Markey Township to the south and Gerrish Township to the north.

7. Green Lake (Washtenaw County, Michigan) - Wikipedia

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   Green Lake is a fresh water lake located in northwest Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. [2] The lake encompasses 90.5 acres (36.6 ha). [1] It is located entirely within Lyndon Township about five miles (8.0 km) northwest of the city of Chelsea along M-52.

8. Water cribs in Chicago - Wikipedia

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   The Edward F. Dunne Crib was built in 1909. Named after Chicago Mayor Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne, who was in office at the time crib plans were approved, the 110-foot (34 m) diameter circular crib stands in 32 feet (9.8 m) of water and houses a 60-foot (18 m) diameter interior well connected to two new tunnels. The Dunne Crib is situated 50 feet ...

9. Portage River (Kalamazoo–St. Joseph counties) - Wikipedia

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   Portage River is a 38.6-mile-long (62.1 km) [3] river that flows southward through Kalamazoo County and St. Joseph County, Michigan.Its headwaters are 8 miles (13 km) east of the city of Kalamazoo at Portage Lake, and the river flows southwest to its mouth within the city limits of Three Rivers, where it drains into the St. Joseph River.