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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 ...
GNIS ID. 1624891. The St. Joseph River (known locally as the St. Joe) is a 210-mile-long (340 km) river that flows in a generally westerly direction through southern Michigan and northern Indiana, United States, before emptying into Lake Michigan. The St. Joseph River drainage basin covers 4,685 square miles (12,130 km 2), and is the third ...
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 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 23.6 miles (38.0 km) through forested wilderness, [2] and drains into Lake Superior. It rises in several short branches in northeastern Luce County, about 15 ...
The Grand River (Ottawa: owashtanong, "Far-Flowing Water") [3][4] is a 252-mile-long (406 km) river in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The longest river in Michigan, [5] the Grand River rises in Hillsdale County, and flows in a generally northwesterly direction to its mouth at Lake Michigan in the city of Grand Haven.
The Detroit River is an international river in North America. The river, which forms part of the border between the U.S. state of Michigan and the Canadian province of Ontario, flows west and south for 24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi) from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie as a strait in the Great Lakes system. The river divides the metropolitan ...
The Boardman River (/ bɔːrdmən / BORD-mən), also known as the Ottaway River (/ ɒtəweɪ / AH-tə-way) or the Boardman–Ottaway River, [1] is a 28.2-mile-long (45.4 km) [2] river in the northwestern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. It rises in western Kalkaska County, and flows west and north through Grand Traverse County to end in downtown ...