Sand River (Michigan)

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Sand River
Country United States
Physical characteristics
Main source Marquette County, Michigan
46°23′56″N87°08′23″W / 46.39883°N 87.139589°W / 46.39883; -87.139589 [1]
River mouth Lake Superior, Michigan
46°29′47″N87°06′25″W / 46.496325°N 87.106811°W / 46.496325; -87.106811 Coordinates: 46°29′47″N87°06′25″W / 46.496325°N 87.106811°W / 46.496325; -87.106811

The Sand River is a 9.2-mile-long (14.8 km) [2] tributary of Lake Superior on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. For most of its course it flows through Escanaba River State Forest in the northeastern corner of Marquette County, then enters the northwestern corner of Alger County just before flowing into Lake Superior at the village of Sand River.

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References

  1. ↑ "Sand River". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed January 3, 2012


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