Falls River (Michigan)
| Falls River | |
|---|---|
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | L'Anse Township, Baraga County, Michigan |
| • coordinates | 46°42′33″N 88°28′35″W / 46.7091°N 88.47652°W[1] |
| Mouth | |
• location | Lake Superior, Michigan |
• coordinates | 46°45′25″N 88°27′25″W / 46.75688°N 88.45708°W |
| Length | 5.1 mi (8.2 km) |
The Falls River is a 5.1-mile-long (8.2 km)[2] stream that drains Baraga County in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States, and flows into Lake Superior in the community of L'Anse. Its name derives from the fact that it flows over slate bedrock with a gradient (rate of descent) that increases as it nears its mouth, cascading over numerous slate waterfalls.
The Falls is a picturesque stream that has been run by expert kayakers numerous times. As a whitewater stream, it rates a class 4+ on the International Scale of River Difficulty.
References
[edit]- ^ "Falls River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ 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
External links
[edit]- http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River_detail_id_2592_ Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
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