Galena River (Indiana)

This article is about the Galena River in Indiana, tributary to the Galien River in Michigan. For the Galena River in Illinois, see Galena River (Illinois).
Galena River (Indiana)
Galina Creek, Golina Creek[1]
Location
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana, Michigan
RegionBerrien County, LaPorte County
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSpringfield Township, LaPorte County, Indiana, United States
 • coordinates41°41′07″N 086°42′40″W / 41.68528°N 86.71111°W / 41.68528; -86.71111[1]
 • elevation720 ft (220 m)
MouthSouth Branch Galien River
 • location
Berrien County, Michigan
 • coordinates
41°45′42″N 086°39′25″W / 41.76167°N 86.65694°W / 41.76167; -86.65694[1]
 • elevation
610 ft (190 m)[1]
Discharge 
 • locationmouth
 • average39.59 cu ft/s (1.121 m3/s) (estimate)[2]
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftWarwick Ditch
 • rightSpring Creek

The Galena River[3] is an 8.5-mile-long (13.7 km)[4] stream in northern Indiana in the United States. It rises in the northeast corner of Springfield Township, about 5 miles (8 km) north of LaPorte in LaPorte County and flows northeast. Just after it crosses the state boundary into Three Oaks Township in Berrien County, Michigan, it is joined from the east by Spring Creek to form the South Branch Galien River.[5] After becoming the Galien River in Michigan, the river ultimately flows to Lake Michigan in New Buffalo.

  1. ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Galena River
  2. ^ United States Environmental Protection Agency. "Watershed Report: [Galena River]". WATERS GeoViewer. Archived from the original on 2021-08-25. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  3. ^ "Galena River Pronunciation".
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 19, 2011
  5. ^ "South Branch Galien River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.