St. Joseph River (Maumee River tributary)
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Not to be confused with the nearby St. Joseph River in the Lake Michigan watershed.
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.
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Hillsdale County, Michigan |
• coordinates | 41°38′53″N 84°33′56″W |
• elevation | 856 ft (261 m) |
Mouth | |
• location | Maumee River, Ft. Wayne, Indiana |
• coordinates | 41°05′00″N 85°07′56″W |
• 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 |
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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.