Dowagiac River | |
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![]() The Dowagiac River in Pokagon Township | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Michigan |
Cities | Dowagiac, Niles |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Confluence of Dowagiac Drain and Lake of the Woods Drain |
• location | Berrien County, Michigan |
• coordinates | 42°04′39″N 086°01′23″W / 42.07750°N 86.02306°W[1] |
• elevation | 745 ft (227 m)[2] |
Mouth | St. Joseph River |
• coordinates | 41°50′43″N 086°15′58″W / 41.84528°N 86.26611°W[1] |
• elevation | 636 ft (194 m)[1] |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Dowagiac Creek, Peavine Creek (Dowagiac River), Pokagon Creek, McKinzie Creek |
• right | Osborn Creek, Silver Creek |
The Dowagiac River is a southwesterly flowing 30.9-mile-long (49.7 km)[3] stream in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a tributary to the St. Joseph River which flows, in turn, into eastern Lake Michigan.