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This list of Michigan rivers includes all streams designated rivers 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.
The river is formed by a confluence of agricultural drainage ditches in Olive Township [5] and flows generally west-southwestward into Port Sheldon Township. After flowing through Pigeon Lake, [ 7 ] which is the only lake in the river's watershed, [ 5 ] it flows into Lake Michigan in Port Sheldon Township, approximately 9.5 miles (15.3 km ...
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.
The two stage drainage ditch is classified as a 'surface' sustainable drainage system, contrary to a sub-surface system. The two stage drainage ditch is a modification of the land whereby grass benches which serve as floodplains are formed within the land of the watershed of the water system, shown in the diagram to the right. [1]
In order to avoid a hydraulic jump, the slope of the spillway must be steep enough for the flow to remain supercritical. Proper spillways help with flood control, prevent erosion at the ends of terraces, outlets, and waterways, reduce runoff over drainage ditch banks and are simple to construct.
The Coldwater River is a 19.4-mile-long (31.2 km) [2] stream in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located in western Michigan , the river is a part of the Grand River drainage basin . The Coldwater River flows through Barry and Kent counties, and the drainage basin also includes a large portion of southwest Ionia County and a tiny portion of Sunfield ...
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 Its source at 46°18′54″N 90°01′15″W / 46.31500°N 90.02083°W / 46.31500; -90.02083 ( Black River (source) ) [ 1 ] is a boreal wetland on the border with ...
The Rogue River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan, running through Kent and Newaygo counties and through the Rogue River State Game Area. It is 48 miles (77 km) long [2] and has a drainage basin of 234 square miles (610 km 2). [3] Its headwaters are a series of ditches that drain the old Rice Lake bed near Grant for agricultural purposes ...