The Michigan River is a tributary of the
North Platte River
The North Platte River is a major tributary of the Platte River and is approximately long, counting its many curves.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 21, 2011 I ...
, approximately long,
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed March 21, 2011 in north central
Colorado
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in the
United States
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. It drains a rural part of the eastern side of
North Park in eastern
Jackson County. The river issues from
Michigan Lakes, a chain of alpine lakes at , along the
continental divide
A continental divide is a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a different ocean or sea, or else is endorheic, not ...
in southeast Jackson County just east of
Nokhu Crags. It descends north then west to flow past the south end of
Cameron Pass, and descends from the pass along the route of
State Highway 14, past
Gould, then northwest through the ranch country of North Park, where it becomes a largely braided stream with a wide river bottom. It passes just east of
Walden
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, and receives the
Illinois River
The Illinois River () is a principal tributary of the Mississippi River at approximately in length. Located in the U.S. state of Illinois, the river has a drainage basin of . The Illinois River begins with the confluence of the Des Plaines ...
from the south just north of Walden. It joins the North Platte from the south approximately 5 miles (8 km) downstream to the north.
See also
*
List of rivers of Colorado
This is a list of rivers and streams in the United States, U.S. Colorado, State of Colorado.
##Alphabetical list, Alphabetical list
##Tributary chart, Tributary chart
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Alphabetical list
The following alphabetical list includes many import ...
References
External links
Local Backcountry Advocacy
Rivers of Jackson County, Colorado
Rivers of Colorado
Tributaries of the North Platte River
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