The Bad River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
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, accessed November 7, 2011 river in

Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...

. It rises in Newark Township near the city of

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in Gratiot County and flows in a north-easterly direction into

Saginaw County Saginaw County, officially the County of Saginaw, is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 190,124. The county seat is Saginaw. The county was created by September 10, 1822, and was fully orga ...

, and through the village of St. Charles, before emptying into the

Shiawassee River The Shiawassee River ( ) in the U.S. state of Michigan drains an area of within Oakland, Genesee, Livingston, Shiawassee, Midland and Saginaw counties. It flows in a generally northerly direction for approximately from its source to its co ...

within the bounds of the

Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge The Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Saginaw County managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. It is located in the central portion of the lower peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, approximate ...

. The river and its tributaries have a total combined length of ; most of it channelized. Land use within the surrounding watershed is 86.5 percent agricultural; as a result, the river system has been adversely impacted by

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Rivers of Michigan Rivers of Gratiot County, Michigan Rivers of Saginaw County, Michigan Tributaries of Lake Huron {{Michigan-river-stub

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