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The 2014 hatch of the large black-brown mayfly Hexagenia bilineata on the Mississippi River in the US was imaged on weather radar; the swarm flew up to 760 m (2,500 feet) above the ground near La Crosse, Wisconsin, creating a radar signature that resembled a "significant rain storm", and the mass of dead insects covering roads, cars and ...
Muskegon, MI. The Muskegon River ( / məˈskiːɡən / mə-SKEE-gən) is a 216-mile-long (348 km) [ 1] river in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. From its source at Houghton Lake in Roscommon County, the river flows in a generally southwesterly direction to its mouth at Lake Michigan at the eponymous city of Muskegon. The river ...
The Whitefish River is an 11.9-mile-long (19.2 km) [1] river on the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The mouth of the river is in Delta County at 45°54′34″N 86°58′01″W on the Little Bay De Noc of Lake Michigan. The main branch of the river is formed by the confluence of the east and west branches at 46°03′25″N 86 ...
Male fishfly (Chauliodinae ssp). Fishflies are members of the subfamily Chauliodinae, belonging to the megalopteran family Corydalidae. [1] They are most easily distinguished from their closest relatives, dobsonflies, by the jaws (mandibles) and antennae. In contrast to the large jaws (especially in males) of dobsonflies, fishfly mandibles are ...
The Au Sable River (/ ɔː ˈsɑːbəl / aw SAH-bəl) is a 138-mile-long (222 km) [2] river in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Rising in the Northern Lower Peninsula, the river flows in a generally southeasterly direction to its mouth at Lake Huron at the communities of Au Sable and Oscoda. It is considered one of the best ...
Designated. March 3, 1992. The Ontonagon River (/ ˌɒntəˈnɑːɡən / ON-tə-NAH-gən) 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 25 miles (40 km) long [4] and is formed by a confluence of several longer branches, portions ...
At a total area of 97,990 square miles (253,800 km 2) – including those territorial waters – Michigan is the largest state east of the Mississippi River, and the eleventh largest state overall. More than half of the state's land area – 30,156 square miles (78,100 km 2) – is still forest. The state lies roughly between 41° and 49 ...
The Black River is a 41.1-mile-long (66.1 km) [ 2] river on the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, flowing mostly in Gogebic County into Lake Superior at 46°40′03″N 90°02′57″W. [ 1] Its source at 46°18′54″N 90°01′15″W[ 1] is a boreal wetland on the border with Iron County, Wisconsin. The northern section of the ...