Little Dead River

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Little Dead River
Little Dead River
Location
Country United States
Physical characteristics
Source 
  location Michigan
Mouth  
  location
46°34′57″N87°38′53″W / 46.58250°N 87.64806°W / 46.58250; -87.64806

The Little Dead River is an 8.4-mile-long (13.5 km) [1] tributary of the Dead River in Marquette County on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. Via the Dead River, its waters flow to Lake Superior.

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine , accessed January 3, 2012