St. Joseph River
St. Joseph River | |
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![]() Map of the Maumee River watershed showing the St. Joseph River. | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Hillsdale County, Michigan |
• coordinates | 41°38′53″N 84°33′56″W / 41.6480556°N 84.5655556°W / 41.6480556; -84.5655556 (Saint Joseph River origin) |
• elevation | 856 ft (261 m) |
Mouth | |
• location | Maumee River, Ft. Wayne, Indiana |
• coordinates | 41°05′00″N 85°07′56″W / 41.0833333°N 85.1322222°W / 41.0833333; -85.1322222 (Saint Joseph River mouth)Coordinates: 41°05′00″N 85°07′56″W / 41.0833333°N 85.1322222°W / 41.0833333; -85.1322222 (Saint Joseph River mouth) |
• elevation | 751 ft (229 m) |
Length | 100 mi (160 km) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | West Branch St. Joseph River |
• right | East Branch St. Joseph River |
GNIS ID | 2678706 |
The St. Joseph River (Miami-Illinois: Kociihsasiipi)[1] is an 86.1-mile-long (138.6 km)[2] tributary of the Maumee River in northwestern Ohio and northeastern Indiana in the United States, with headwater tributaries rising in southern Michigan. It drains a primarily rural farming region in the watershed of Lake Erie.
The St. Joseph River of Lake Michigan is an entirely separate river that rises in western Michigan, dips into Indiana, and flows west into Lake Michigan.
- ^ "Myaamia Dictionary Search". myaamiadictionary.org. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 19, 2011
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