Bad River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Michigan |
Counties | Gratiot, Saginaw |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Newark Township |
• coordinates | 43°14′29″N 84°38′23″W / 43.24142°N 84.63972°W [1] |
Mouth | Shiawassee River |
• location | Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge |
• coordinates | 43°19′25″N 84°05′22″W / 43.32363°N 84.08942°W |
Length | 44.3 mi (71.3 km) |
Discharge | |
• location | mouth |
• average | 263.77 cu ft/s (7.469 m3/s) (estimate) [2] |
The Bad River is a 44.3-mile-long (71.3 km) [3] river in Michigan. It rises in Newark Township near the city of Ithaca in Gratiot County and flows in a north-easterly direction into Saginaw County, and through the village of St. Charles, before emptying into the Shiawassee River within the bounds of the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge. [4]
The river and its tributaries have a total combined length of 175 miles (282 km); most of it channelized. [4] Land use within the surrounding watershed is 86.5 percent agricultural; as a result, the river system has been adversely impacted by sedimentation. [5]
The name "Bad River" comes from the Chippewa Indians who called the river "maw-tchi-sebe" or quite literally, "bad river," because of how difficult it was for them to navigate it. [6]
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