This list of

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 t ...

rivers includes all

stream A stream is a continuous body of surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to by a variety of local or regional names. Long large streams ...

s designated

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of ...

s 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. Other waterways are listed when they have articles. The state has over 300 named rivers. Several names are shared by different rivers; for example, there are eight Pine Rivers and seven Black Rivers. In four cases there are two rivers of the same name in one county. In these cases extra information such as alternate name or body of water they flow into has been added. Michigan Rivers

In alphabetical order

A–C

* Anna River *

Au Gres River The Au Gres River is a river in Michigan. Its mouth is at Lake Huron in the city of Au Gres, Michigan Au Gres ( ) is a city in Arenac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 945 at the 2020 census. History French explorers name ...

* Au Sable River * Au Train River * Bad River * Baldwin River *

Baltimore River The Baltimore River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed February 3, 2012 river in Michigan. It originates in Ontonagon County and flows into the Middle Branch of the Ont ...

* Bark River * Bass River *

Battle Creek River The Battle Creek River (simply Battle Creek on federal maps) is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a tributary of the Kalamazoo River, joining it at Battle Creek, Michigan; the Kalamazoo River empties into Lake Michigan. The river ...

* Bean Creek (called Tiffin River in lower reaches) * Bear River * Bell River * Belle River *

Betsie River The Betsie River ( ') is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed November 21, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Michigan. The river is mostly within Benzie County (which takes i ...

* Big Betsy River * Big Garlic River * Big Iron River * Big River *

Big Sable River The Big Sable River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed November 21, 2011 river in Michigan in the United States. It originates in Lake County in the chain of lakes kno ...

* Big Siskiwit River * Birch Creek * Black Mallard River * Black River (Alcona County) * Black River (Allegan/Van Buren counties) * Black River (Cheboygan/Montmorency/Presque Isle/Otsego counties) * Black River (Gogebic County) * Black River (Mackinac County) * Black River (Marquette County) * Black River (Sanilac/St. Clair counties) * Blind Sucker River *

Boardman River The Boardman River ( '), also known as the Ottaway River ( ') or the Boardman–Ottaway River, is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed November 21, 2011 river in the northw ...

* Boyne River * Brevoort River *

Brule River The Brule River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed December 19, 2011 river in the U.S. states of Michigan and Wisconsin. Nearly the entire course forms a portion of t ...

* Buck Creek * Canada Creek *

Carp Lake River The Carp Lake River is a river in Emmet County, Michigan, in the United States. It is a tributary of Lake Michigan, joining it west of the Straits of Mackinac The Straits of Mackinac ( ; french: Détroit de Mackinac) are the short waterways b ...

* Carp River (Chippewa/Mackinac County) * Carp River (Gogebic/Ontonagon counties), sections also called Big Carp River and Upper Carp River or Carp River Inlet or Inlet Creek * Carp River (Luce County), not on USGS maps * Carp River (Marquette County) * Cass River * Cataract River * Cedar Creek * Cedar River (Antrim County) * Cedar River (Clare/Gladwin counties) * Cedar River (Menominee County) * Charlotte River *

Cheboygan River The Cheboygan River ( ) is a short but significant river in the Lake Huron drainage basin of the U.S. state of Michigan. in length,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed Novemb ...

* Chippewa River *

Choate Creek Choate Creek is a stream in Ontonagon County, Michigan, in the United States. Leander Choate was a large landowner in the area. See also *List of rivers of Michigan This list of Michigan rivers includes all streams designated rivers although some ...

* Chocolay River * Clam River * Cliff River *

Clinton River The Clinton River is a river in southeastern Michigan in the United States. It is named in honor of DeWitt Clinton, who was governor of New York from 1817 to 1823. The main branch of the river rises from wetlands and coldwater tributaries from ...

* Coldbrook Creek * Coldwater River (Barry/Kent/Ionia counties) * Coldwater River (Branch County) * Coldwater River (Isabella counties) * Cranberry River *

Creighton River The Creighton River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed December 19, 2011 tributary of the West Branch Manistique River on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the Unit ...

* Crooked River * Crow River * Crystal River * Cut River (Mackinac County) * Cut River (Roscommon County)

D–K

Days River The Days River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed December 19, 2011 river on the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a narrow, rocky, and scenic river ...

* Dead River * Dead Sucker River * Deer River *

Detroit River The Detroit River flows west and south for from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie as a strait in the Great Lakes system. The river divides the metropolitan areas of Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario—an area collectively referred to as Detro ...

* Devils River * Dingman River * Dowagiac River * Driggs River * Duck River, also called Duck Creek * Eagle River * East Branch St. Joseph River * East Sleeping River * Ecorse River * Elk River * Elm River *

Escanaba River The Escanaba River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed December 19, 2011 river on the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. In his poem ''The Song of Hiawat ...

* Falls River * Fawn River *

Fence River The Fence River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed December 19, 2011 river in Iron County, Michigan, in the United States. It is a tributary of the Michigamme River, jo ...

* Firesteel River * Fishdam River * Flat River * Flint River * Flintsteel River * Floodwood River * Ford River * Fox River * Galena River *

Galien River The Galien River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 19, 2011 stream in the southwest region of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river begins at the outlet of Dayto ...

Gogomain River The Gogomain River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed November 21, 2011 stream in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It is located in Raber Township ...

Gook Creek Gook Creek is a stream in Antrim County, Michigan, in the United States. It is a tributary of the Jordan River with an elevation of 620 ft (189 m) above sea level. Although gook is used as a common ethnic slur, the creek's name is widely acc ...

* Goose Creek * Grand River * Grass River * Gratiot River * Graveraet River * Green River, flows into

Jordan River The Jordan River or River Jordan ( ar, نَهْر الْأُرْدُنّ, ''Nahr al-ʾUrdunn'', he, נְהַר הַיַּרְדֵּן, ''Nəhar hayYardēn''; syc, ܢܗܪܐ ܕܝܘܪܕܢܢ ''Nahrāʾ Yurdnan''), also known as ''Nahr Al-Shariea ...

* Green River, part of

Intermediate River Intermediate may refer to: * Intermediate 1 or Intermediate 2, educational qualifications in Scotland * Intermediate (anatomy), the relative location of an anatomical structure lying between two other structures: see Anatomical terms of location ...

system *

Gun River The Gun River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 19, 2011 tributary of the Kalamazoo River in Michigan, in the United States. It begins at the outlet of Gun Lake at ...

Hemlock River The Hemlock River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed December 19, 2011 river in Michigan in the United States. It is a tributary of the Paint River, which flows to th ...

* Hendrie River *

Hersey River The Hersey River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed November 21, 2011 stream in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises in Lincoln Township in no ...

* Huron River (Baraga/Marquette counties) * Huron River (Monroe/Wayne/Washtenaw/Livingston/Oakland counties) *

Hurricane River The Hurricane River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed January 3, 2012 river in Alger County, Michigan, Alger County in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United St ...

* Indian River (Alger/Schoolcraft counties) * Indian River (Cheboygan County) *

* Iron River (Iron County) * Iron River (Marquette County) * Joe Maddy River *

of Beaver Island * Jumbo River *

Kalamazoo River The Kalamazoo River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan. The river is long from the junction of its North and South branches to its mouth at Lake Michigan, with a total length extending to when one includes the South Branch.U.S. Geologica ...

* Kawkawlin River *Kelso River

L–M

Laughing Whitefish River The Laughing Whitefish River (not to be confused with the Whitefish River (Michigan), Whitefish River) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed January 3, 2012 stream located ...

Leland River The Leland River is a short river in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located in the unincorporated community of Leland, Michigan, Leland, the river is longU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National ...

, also called the Carp River * Lincoln River * Little Betsie River (

Lower Peninsula of Michigan The Lower Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Lower Michigan – is the larger, southern and less elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; the other being the Upper Peninsula, which is separated by the S ...

) * Little Betsy River (

Upper Peninsula of Michigan The Upper Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Upper Michigan or colloquially the U.P. – is the northern and more elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; it is separated from the Lower Peninsula by ...

) * Little Black River (Cheboygan County) * Little Black River (Gogebic County) * Little Brevoort River * Little Carp River (Baraga County) * Little Carp River (Cheboygan County), also called Carp River and Carp Creek * Little Carp River (Gogebic/Ontonagon counties) * Little Cedar River (Gladwin County) * Little Cedar River (Menominee County) * Little Cranberry River * Little Dead River * Little Elm River *

Little Fawn River Little is a synonym for small size and may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Little'' (album), 1990 debut album of Vic Chesnutt * ''Little'' (film), 2019 American comedy film *The Littles, a series of children's novels by American author John P ...

* Little Fishdam River * Little Fox River * Little Garlic River * Little Gratiot River *

Little Hemlock River The Little Hemlock River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed December 19, 2011 river in Michigan. It is a tributary of the Hemlock River, flowing via the Paint River, B ...

* Little Huron River * Little Indian River * Little Iron River *

Little Manistee River The Little Manistee River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed November 21, 2011 tributary of the Manistee River in Michigan. It rises in the southeast corner of Ellswort ...

Little Maple River The Little Maple River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 19, 2011 tributary of the Maple River in the central part of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Mic ...

* Little Misery River * Little Molasses River *

Little Munuscong River The Little Munuscong River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed November 21, 2011 river on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It is a tributary of Munu ...

Little Muskegon River The Little Muskegon River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed November 21, 2011 tributary of the Muskegon River in western Michigan in the United States. See also *List ...

* Little Ocqueoc River *Little Otter River *Little Pigeon River (Cheboygan/Otsego Counties), empties into Pigeon River * Little Pigeon River (Huron County) * Little Presque Isle River * Little Rabbit River *

Little Rainy River The Little Rainy River is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed November 21, 2011 tributary of the Rainy River in the northern part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Via ...

* Little Rapid River *

Little River (Big Bay de Noc) The Little River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed December 19, 2011 river on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It is a tributary of Big Bay de No ...

Little River (Menominee River tributary) The Little River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed December 19, 2011 tributary of the Menominee River on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It ris ...

* Little River Raisin * Little Silver River *

Little Siskiwit River The Little Siskiwit River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 1, 2012 river on Isle Royale in Lake Superior, in the U.S. state of Michigan. See also *List of rivers ...

Little Sturgeon River The Little Sturgeon River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed November 21, 2011 river in Cheboygan County, Michigan, in the United States. It is a tributary of the Ind ...

* Little Thornapple River, tributary of the Coldwater River in Barry County * Little Thornapple River, tributary of the Thornapple River in Eaton County * Little Tobacco River * Little Trout River * Little Two Hearted River * Little Union River *

Looking Glass River The Looking Glass River in the U.S. state of Michigan is a river flowing through the central region of the Lower Peninsula. It is about long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , acc ...

* Lower Millecoquins River *

Macatawa River The Macatawa River, also known as the Black River, is located in the lower part of Ottawa County, Michigan, which drains into Lake Macatawa and eventually into Lake Michigan. The main stream is long. The name Macatawa is a mis-phoneticization of ...

* Malletts Creek *

Manistee River The Manistee River ( '), seldom referred to as the Big Manistee River, runs U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed November 21, 2011 through the northwestern Lower Peninsula o ...

Manistique River The Manistique River ( ') is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed December 19, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Michigan that winds southward through the central Upper Penin ...

* Maple Leaf Creek * Maple River (Cheboygan/Emmett counties) * Maple River (Ionia/Clinton/Gratiot/Shiawassee counties) *Maple River (Newaygo/Muskegon counties) * McCoy Creek * Medora River *

Menominee River The Menominee River is a river in northwestern Michigan and northeastern Wisconsin in the United States. It is approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed Dece ...

Michigamme River The Michigamme River ( ) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed December 19, 2011 tributary of the Menominee River on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. V ...

* Middle Branch River * Milakokia River * Milk River * Mineral River *

Miners River The Miners River is a river on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It is the largest river in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Miners River has its origin outside of the National Lakeshore, north of Indian Town in the Hiawa ...

* Misery River *

Misteguay Creek Misteguay Creek is a tributary of the Flint River, long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data froThe National Map, retrieved 2015-08-18. on the central Lower Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. ...

Mitchigan River The Mitchigan River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed December 19, 2011 stream in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It flo ...

* Molasses River * Montreal River (Keweenaw County) * Montreal River (

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

–Michigan border) *

Moran River The Moran River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed December 19, 2011 river on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It begins at the outlet of Chain Lake ...

* Mosquito River *

Munuscong River The Munuscong River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed November 21, 2011 river on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It is a tributary of Munuscong L ...

* Murphy River *

Muskegon River Muskegon River is a river in the western portion of the lower peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river source is located at Houghton Lake in Roscommon County, flowing out of the North Bay into neighboring Missaukee County. The river ...

N–R

* Net River * New River * North River * Nottawa Creek (also known as Nottawa River) *

Ocqueoc River The Ocqueoc River ( ') is stream in Presque Isle County in the northeastern part of the lower peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is longU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map ac ...

* Ogontz River *

Ontonagon River The Ontonagon River ( ) 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 long''The American Rivers Outstanding Rivers List'', Sec ...

*Ore Creek (Livingston County) *

Ottawa River The Ottawa River (french: Rivière des Outaouais, Algonquin: ''Kichi-Sìbì/Kitchissippi'') is a river in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. It is named after the Algonquin word 'to trade', as it was the major trade route of Eastern ...

, usually called North Tenmile Creek * Otter River * Paint Creek (Oakland County) * Paint Creek (Washtenaw/Monroe counties) *

Paint River Paint River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed December 19, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a tributary of the Brule River and flows through Gogebic an ...

* Partridge Creek *

Paw Paw River The Paw Paw River is located in the U.S. state of Michigan in the southwest portion of the lower peninsula. It is formed by the confluence of the north and south branches at in Waverly Township in the northeast of Van Buren County. It flows ap ...

* Pelton River, also called Pelton Creek * Pentwater River *

Perch River The Perch River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed February 3, 2012 tributary of the Sturgeon River in Iron County and Baraga County on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan ...

Pere Marquette River The Pere Marquette River is a river in Michigan in the United States. The main stream of this river is long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed November 21, 2011 running fro ...

Peshekee River The Peshekee River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed December 19, 2011 river on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It is a tributary of Lake Mic ...

* Pigeon River (Cheboygan/Otsego counties), empties into Mullett Lake * Pigeon River (Huron County), empties into Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron * Pigeon River (Ottawa County), empties into Lake Michigan *Pigeon River (St. Joseph County), empties into the St. Joseph River * Pike River * Pilgrim River * Pinconning River * Pine Creek (Gratiot County) *Pine River (Alcona/Iosco counties) *Pine River (Arenac County) *Pine River (Charlevoix County) * Pine River (Chippewa/Mackinac counties) * Pine River (Lake/Manistee/Osceola/Wexford counties), also called South Branch of Manistee River *Pine River (Marquette County) * Pine River (Mecosta/Isabella/Montcalm/Gratiot/Midland counties) *Pine River (St. Clair County) * Pinnebog River *

Plaster Creek Plaster Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 19, 2011 urban stream in Kent County, Michigan in the United States. It is a tributary of the Grand River. The ...

Platte River The Platte River () is a major river in the State of Nebraska. It is about long; measured to its farthest source via its tributary, the North Platte River, it flows for over . The Platte River is a tributary of the Missouri River, which itsel ...

Pointe aux Chenes River The Pointe aux Chenes River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed December 19, 2011 river on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It begins at the outlet ...

* Portage River (Houghton County), the southern end of the Keweenaw Waterway * Portage River (Jackson/Washtenaw counties), a tributary of the Grand River * Portage River (Kalamazoo/St. Joseph counties), a tributary of the St. Joseph River *Portage River (Livingston/Washtenaw counties), a tributary of the Huron River * Potagannissing River * Potato River * Prairie River *

Presque Isle River The Presque Isle River runs through the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and empties into Lake Superior.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 1, 2012 Along its course, it flows ...

* Quanicassee River * Rabbit River * Rainy River * Rapid River (Delta/Marquette counties) * Rapid River (Kalkaska County) * Rapid River (Ontonagon County) * Ravine River * Red Cedar River * Rifle River *

River Raisin The River Raisin is a river in southeastern Michigan, United States, that flows through glacial sediments into Lake Erie. The area today is an agricultural and industrial center of Michigan. The river flows for almost ,U.S. Geological Surv ...

* River Rouge or Rouge River *

River Styx In Greek mythology, Styx (; grc, Στύξ ) is a river that forms the boundary between Earth (Gaia) and the Underworld. The rivers Acheron, Cocytus, Lethe, Phlegethon, and Styx all converge at the centre of the underworld on a great marsh, ...

(Gratiot County) *

(Marquette County) * Rock River (Alger County) * Rock River (Baraga County) * Rock River (Mackinaw County) *

Rocky River Rocky River may refer to: Localities * Rocky River, Ohio, USA * Rocky River, New South Wales near Uralla, Australia Electorates *Electoral district of Rocky River (South Australia) Streams In Australia: * Rocky River (New South Wales) * ...

* Rogue River * Ruby Creek

S–Z

* Saganing River * Sage River *

Saginaw River The Saginaw River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed November 7, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is formed by the confluence of the Tittabawassee and S ...

* Saint Clair River * St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan) * St. Marys River * Saline River *

Salmon Trout River There are two streams named Salmon Trout River in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Marquette County The Salmon Trout River in the Huron Mountains of Marquette County is home to the "coaster" brook trout. The U.S. Geologica ...

(Houghton County) *

(Marquette County) * Salt River (Macomb County) * Salt River (Midland/Isabella counties) * Sand River * Sandy Creek *

Sante River The Sante River is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed January 3, 2012 stream on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. Via the North Branch Otter River, ...

* Sauk River * Sebewaing River * Second River * Shakey River *

Shelldrake River The Shelldrake River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed January 3, 2012 river in Chippewa County on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It flows th ...

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 ...

* Shoepac River * Silver River (Baraga County), drains to Lake Superior * Silver River (Baraga–Houghton counties), drains to Sturgeon River * Silver River (Keweenaw County), drains to Lake Superior *

Siskiwit River The Siskiwit River is a stream on Isle Royale in Lake Superior, in the U.S. state of Michigan. It forms the outlet of Siskiwit Lake and drops over its short course, dropping over Siskiwit Falls and entering Lake Superior at Malone Bay.U.S. Geolog ...

*Slate River (Baraga County) *Slate River (Gogebic County) *

Snake River The Snake River is a major river of the greater Pacific Northwest region in the United States. At long, it is the largest tributary of the Columbia River, in turn, the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean. The Snake ...

* South Branch Little Sugar River * Spruce River * Spurr River * Stout Creek * Sturgeon River (Alger/Delta counties) * Sturgeon River (Baraga/Houghton counties) * Sturgeon River (Cheboygan/Otsego counties) *Sturgeon River (Dickinson County) *

Sucker River The Sucker River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed January 3, 2012 river in eastern Alger County on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It rises at th ...

* Sugar River * Swan River *

Swartz Creek Swartz Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed November 7, 2011 creek located in the Mid Michigan area in the United States. It is a tributary of the Flint River and ...

* Sycamore Creek *

Tacoosh River The Tacoosh River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed December 19, 2011 river situated on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It flows into Lake Michiga ...

* Tahquamenon River *

Talmadge Creek Talmadge Creek is a tributary of the Kalamazoo River. It is located in Calhoun County, Michigan, near the county seat of Marshall. 2010 crude oil spill The creek is notable as the site of a major oil spill that made its way into the Kalamazoo ...

* Tamarack River *Tawas River *Thornapple River *Thunder Bay River *Tioga River (Michigan), Tioga River *Tittabawassee River *Tobacco River (Keweenaw County, Michigan) *Tobacco River (Tittabawassee River) *Elk River Chain of Lakes Watershed, Torch River *Trap Rock River *Traverse River *Trout Creek (Michigan), Trout Creek *Trout River (Michigan), Trout River *Two Hearted River *Union River (Michigan), Union River *Upper Millecoquins River *Vermilac River *Waiska River *Walker Creek (Michigan), Walker Creek *Walton River *St. Joseph River (Maumee River tributary), West Branch St. Joseph River *West Sleeping River *White River (Huron County, Michigan), White River (Huron County) *White River (White Lake), White River (Muskegon/Oceana counties) *Whitefish River (Michigan), Whitefish River *Yellow Dog River

By watershed

Lake Erie basin

* ''Maumee River (OH)'' ** ''Tiffin River (OH)'' *** Bean Creek ** ''St. Joseph River (OH)'' *** St. Joseph River (Maumee River tributary), East Branch Saint Joseph River *** St. Joseph River (Maumee River tributary), West Branch Saint Joseph River *

* Little Lake Creek ** Flat Creek *** North River *

** Saline River ** Little River Raisin ** Goose Creek * Sandy Creek * Huron River (Monroe/Wayne/Washtenaw/Livingston/Oakland counties) ** Portage River (Livingston/Washtenaw counties) *

** Ecorse River ** River Rouge or Rouge River

Lake Saint Clair (North America), Lake St. Clair basin

* Milk River *

** Paint Creek *** Trout Creek (Michigan), Trout Creek * Salt River (Macomb County) * Saint Clair River ** Belle River ** Pine River (St. Clair County) ** Black River (Sanilac/St. Clair counties)

Lake Huron basin

The Thumb

* White River (Huron County, Michigan) * New River * Pinnebog River * Pigeon River (Huron County) ** Little Pigeon River (Huron County)

Saginaw Bay

* Sebewaing River * Quanicassee River *

*** Cass River *** Flint River ****

****

*** Bad River ** Tittabawassee River *** Chippewa River **** Pine River (Mecosta/Isabella/Montcalm/Gratiot/Midland counties) **** Coldwater River (Isabella County) ***** Walker Creek (Michigan), Walker Creek *** Salt River (Midland/Isabella counties) *** Tobacco River (Tittabawassee River), Tobacco River **** Little Cedar River (Gladwin County) **** Cedar River (Clare/Gladwin counties) *** Molasses River **** Little Molasses River *** Little Tobacco River *** Sugar River **** South Branch Little Sugar River * Kawkawlin River * Pinconning River * Saganing River * Pine River * Rifle River *

* Tawas River

Northeast
Lower Peninsula of Michigan The Lower Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Lower Michigan – is the larger, southern and less elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; the other being the Upper Peninsula, which is separated by the S ...

* Au Sable River ** Pine River (Alcona County) * Black River (Alcona County) * Devils River * Thunder Bay River * Bell River * Little Trout River * Swan River * Trout River (Michigan), Trout River *

** Little Ocqueoc River * Black Mallard River *

, mouth at Cheboygan in Cheboygan County ** Black River (Cheboygan/Montmorency/Presque Isle/Otsego counties) *** Rainy River ****

*** Canada Creek ** ''Mullett Lake'' *** Little Pigeon River (Mullett Lake), Little Pigeon River (Cheboygan County), empties directly into Mullett Lake *** Pigeon River (Cheboygan/Otsego counties) **** Little Pigeon River (Cheboygan County) *** Indian River (Cheboygan County) ****

**** ''Burt Lake'' ***** Sturgeon River (Cheboygan/Otsego counties) ***** Crooked River ***** Maple River (Cheboygan/Emmett counties) ***** Little Carp River (Cheboygan County) * Little Black River (Cheboygan County)

Upper Peninsula of Michigan The Upper Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Upper Michigan or colloquially the U.P. – is the northern and more elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; it is separated from the Lower Peninsula by ...

* Carp River (Chippewa/Mackinac counties) * Pine River (Chippewa/Mackinac counties) * Potagannissing River (Drummond Island) * St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario), Saint Mary's River **

** Charlotte River ** Waiska River

Lake Michigan basin

Lower Peninsula of Michigan The Lower Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Lower Michigan – is the larger, southern and less elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; the other being the Upper Peninsula, which is separated by the S ...

= Northern Michigan

= *

* Bear River * Pine River (Charlevoix County) ** ''Lake Charlevoix'' ***

**** Green River *** Boyne River *''Grand Traverse Bay'' ** Elk River *** ''Elk Lake (Michigan), Elk Lake'' **** Elk River Chain of Lakes Watershed, Torch River ***** Rapid River (Kalkaska County, Michigan) ****** Little Rapid River ***** ''Torch Lake (Antrim County, Michigan)'' ****** ''Clam Lake (Antrim County, Michigan), Clam Lake'' ******* Grass River ******** ''Lake Bellaire'' *********

********** Cedar River (Antrim County, Michigan) ********** ''Intermediate Lake'' *********** Green River ************ ''Six Mile Lake (Michigan), Sixmile Lake'' and other lakes ************* Dingman River **************

***Boardman River, ''Boardman Lake'' *

, also called the Carp River * Crystal River *

** Little Betsie River *

** ''Manistee Lake'' ***

** Pine River (Lake/Manistee/Osceola/Wexford counties), also called South Branch of Manistee River Pere Marquette River in Autumn Manistee National Forest

Pere Marquette River in Autumn Manistee National Forest

* Lincoln River *

** Big South Branch Pere Marquette River *** Ruby Creek ** Baldwin River * Pentwater River (Oceana County)

= West Michigan

= * White River (White Lake), White River (Muskegon/Oceana counties) *

** Maple River (Newaygo/Muskegon counties) **

** Middle Branch River ** Clam River Ada MI GrandRiver DSCN9684

* Grand River ** Bass River ** Buck Creek **

** Coldbrook Creek ** Rogue River ** Thornapple River *** Coldwater River (Barry/Kent/Ionia counties) **** Little Thornapple River, in Barry County *** Little Thornapple River (Eaton County) ** Flat River ** Maple River (Ionia/Clinton/Gratiot/Shiawassee counties) *** Pine Creek, some portions called Newark and Arcadia Drain ****

(Gratiot County) ***

** Red Cedar River *** Sycamore Creek ** Portage River (Jackson/Washtenaw counties) * Pigeon River (Ottawa County) * ''Lake Macatawa'' **

** Rabbit River *** Little Rabbit River **

* Black River (Allegan/Van Buren counties) * St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan) **

** Dowagiac River ** Pigeon River (St. Joseph County) ** Fawn River ***

** Prairie River **

** Portage River (St. Joseph County), Portage River (Kalamazoo/St. Joseph counties) ** Nottawa Creek (also known as Nottawa River) ** Coldwater River (Branch County) *** Sauk River *

** South Branch Galien River *** Galena River

Upper Peninsula of Michigan The Upper Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Upper Michigan or colloquially the U.P. – is the northern and more elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; it is separated from the Lower Peninsula by ...

= Green Bay (Lake Michigan), Green Bay

= *

** Little River (Menominee River tributary), Little River ** Little Cedar River ** Shakey River ** Sturgeon River (Dickinson County, Michigan) **

***

****

*****

**** Net River *** Iron River (Iron County, Michigan) **

*** Kelso River *** Deer River ***

****

*** Spruce River ***

*** Spurr River * Cedar River (Menominee County, Michigan) ** Walton River * Bark River * Ford River ;Little Bay de Noc *

** Middle Branch Escanaba River *** Black River (Marquette County) *** Second River ** East Branch Escanaba River *

* Rapid River (Delta/Marquette counties) * Whitefish River (Michigan), Whitefish River ;Big Bay de Noc * Big River * Little River (Big Bay de Noc), Little River * Ogontz River * Sturgeon River (Alger/Delta counties) * Fishdam River * Little Fishdam River

= Remainder of Lake Michigan/Upper Peninsula

= *

** Indian River (Alger/Schoolcraft counties) *** Little Indian River ** West Branch Manistique River ***

** Driggs River ** Fox River *** East Branch Fox River *** Little Fox River ** ''Manistique Lake'' *** Shoepac River * Milakokia River * Cataract River * Crow River * Rock River (Lake Michigan) * Lower Millecoquins River ** Upper Millecoquins River * Black River (Mackinac County) * Cut River * Brevoort River ** ''Brevoort Lake'' *** Little Brevoort River *

Beaver Island

Lake Superior basin

* Tahquamenon River ** Hendrie River ** Sage River *

* Carp River (Luce County) * Little Two Hearted River * Two Hearted River * Blind Sucker River ** Dead Sucker River *

* Mosquito River *

* Anna River * Au Train River * Rock River (Lake Superior) *

* Sand River * Chocolay River * Carp River (Marquette County) * Dead River ** Little Dead River * Little Garlic River * Big Garlic River * Iron River (Marquette County, Michigan) ** ''Lake Independence (Michigan), Lake Independence'' *** Yellow Dog River Yellow dog falls

(Marquette County) * Pine River (Marquette County) ** ''Pine Lake'' ***

(Marquette County) *** Mountain Stream **** ''Mountain Lake'' ***** Cliff River * Little Huron River * Huron River (Baraga/Marquette counties) * Huron Bay ** Ravine River ** Slate River (Baraga County) ** Silver River (Baraga County) * Falls River * Little Carp River (Baraga County) * Portage River (Houghton County, Michigan), the southern end of the Keweenaw Waterway **

** Keweenaw Waterway, ''Portage Lake'' *** Sturgeon River (Baraga/Houghton counties) **** ''Otter Lake (Michigan), Otter Lake'' ***** Otter River ****** West Branch Otter River ****** North Branch Otter River *******

******* Little Otter River **** Silver River (Baraga County/Houghton County) **** Little Silver River ****

**** Rock River (Sturgeon River tributary) ***** ''Worm Lake'' ****** Vermilac River ****** Murphy River **** Tioga River (Michigan), Tioga River *** Pike River *** Torch Lake (Houghton County, Michigan), ''Torch Lake'' **** Trap Rock River *** Pilgrim River * Traverse River * Tobacco River (Keweenaw County, Michigan), Tobacco River * Big Betsy River * Little Betsy River * ''Lac La Belle, Michigan, Lac La Belle'' ** Little Gratiot River * Montreal River (Keweenaw County) ** Medora River * Silver River (Keweenaw County) * Eagle River * Gratiot River *

(Houghton County) * Graveraet River * Elm River * Little Elm River * Misery River ** Little Misery River * East Sleeping River * West Sleeping River * Firesteel River * Flintsteel River

** West Branch Ontonagon River *** South Branch Ontonagon River *** ''Lake Gogebic'' **** Slate River (Gogebic County) ***** Pelton River or Pelton Creek ** Middle Branch Ontonagon River ***

*** Tamarack River ** East Branch Ontonagon River *** Jumbo River * Potato River * Floodwood River * Cranberry River * Little Cranberry River * Duck River, also called Duck Creek (Ontonogan County) * Mineral River * Big Iron River ** Rapid River (Ontonagon County, Michigan) * Little Iron River * Union River (Michigan), Union River ** Little Union River * Carp River (Gogebic/Ontonagon counties), sections also called Big Carp River and Upper Carp River * Little Carp River (Gogebic-Ontonagon counties) *

** Little Presque Isle River * Black River (Gogebic County) ** Little Black River (Gogebic County) * Montreal River (Wisconsin-Michigan) (Gogebic County)

Isle Royale

* Big Siskiwit River *

References

USGS GNIS
United States Geological Survey's Geographical Names Information System

External links

Michigan streamflow data from the USGS
{{Rivers in the United States Lists of rivers of the United States by state, Michigan Rivers of Michigan, * Lists of landforms of Michigan, Rivers

In alphabetical order

A–C

D–K

L–M

N–R

S–Z

By watershed

Lake Erie basin

Lake Saint Clair (North America), Lake St. Clair basin

Lake Huron basin

The Thumb

Saginaw Bay

Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan The Lower Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Lower Michigan – is the larger, southern and less elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; the other being the Upper Peninsula, which is separated by the S ...

Upper Peninsula of Michigan The Upper Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Upper Michigan or colloquially the U.P. – is the northern and more elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; it is separated from the Lower Peninsula by ...

Lake Michigan basin

Lower Peninsula of Michigan The Lower Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Lower Michigan – is the larger, southern and less elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; the other being the Upper Peninsula, which is separated by the S ...

= Northern Michigan

= West Michigan

Upper Peninsula of Michigan The Upper Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Upper Michigan or colloquially the U.P. – is the northern and more elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; it is separated from the Lower Peninsula by ...

= Green Bay (Lake Michigan), Green Bay

= Remainder of Lake Michigan/Upper Peninsula

Beaver Island

Lake Superior basin

Isle Royale

See also

References

External links

Northeast
Lower Peninsula of Michigan The Lower Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Lower Michigan – is the larger, southern and less elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; the other being the Upper Peninsula, which is separated by the S ...