Cedar River (Menominee County, Michigan)
River in United States of America
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Cedar River (also known as the Big Cedar River)[1] is a 67.1-mile-long (108.0 km)[2] river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises in the northern part of Menominee County at [1] and flows mostly south and east to empty into Green Bay of Lake Michigan at [1] in the community of Cedar River.
| Cedar River | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Green Bay |
• elevation | 581 ft (177 m)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Lake Michigan |
The Little Cedar River, a tributary of the Menominee River, also flows mostly southward in Menominee County approximately 10 to 15 miles (16 to 24 km) west of the Cedar River.
Tributaries and features
From the mouth:
- (left) Walton River[3]
- (left) Elwood Creek[16]
- (left) Devils Creek[20]
- (right) Brill Brook[23]
- (right) Degraves Creek (also known as Degroves Creek)[24]
- (left) Collard Creek[25]
- (left) Crooked Creek[26]
- (right) Depas Creek[27]
- (left) Advent Creek[28]
- (left) Mashek Creek[29]
- (left) Brook Creek[30]
- (right) Houle Creek[34]
- (right) Fortyseven Mile Creek[35]
- (right) Whitney Creek[36]
- (left) Gorginski Creek[37]
- (right) Wilson Creek[38]
- (left) Reed Brook[43]
- Reed Lake[44]
- (left) Alder Brook[45]
- Wheeler Lake[46]
- (left) West Branch Cedar River[47]
- (left) Pittsburg Creek[54]
- (left) Labre Creek[55]
- (left) Nacomis Creek[56]
Drainage basin
The Cedar River drains all or portions of the following: