St. Joseph River

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Saint Joseph River origin
St. Joseph River
	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

St. Joseph River near Newville in DeKalb County, Indiana.

Floodwall along St. Joseph River in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

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