Muskegon River
Water type: River
Basin: Lake Michigan -> Lake Huron -> St. Clair River -> Lake St. Clair (North America) -> Detroit river -> Lake Erie -> Niagara -> Lake Ontario -> St. Lawrence River -> Gulf of St. Lawrence -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
Continent:
North America
Climate:
Continental
Country:
United States of America (USA)
Natural lakes
Perciformes - Perches
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Esociformes - Pikes
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Cypriniformes - Carps
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Lepisosteiformes - Gars
Gadiformes - Cods
Amiiformes - Bowfins
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks
Percopsiformes - Trout-perches
Hiodontiformes - Mooneyes
Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps
Petromyzontiformes - Lampreys
Perciformes - Perches
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Esociformes - Pikes
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Cypriniformes - Carps
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Lepisosteiformes - Gars
Gadiformes - Cods
Amiiformes - Bowfins
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks
Percopsiformes - Trout-perches
Hiodontiformes - Mooneyes
Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps
Petromyzontiformes - Lampreys
The Muskegon River is a river in the western portion of the lower peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river source is located at Houghton Lake in Roscommon County, flowing out of the North Bay into neighboring Missaukee County. The river passes through Clare County, Osceola County, Mecosta County, Newaygo County, and Muskegon County, and generally flows southwesterly to its mouth at Muskegon, Michigan, where it empties into Muskegon Lake.
Muskegon Lake is connected to Lake Michigan via a mile-long channel.
The river has several major branches, such as the Hersey River, Cedar Creek and Little Muskegon River.
The primary river channel is 216 miles (348 km) long and drains an area of 2,350 square miles (6,100 km2).
