Cedar River is a river in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

, that rises in the northern part of Menominee County

Menominee County, Michigan

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 25,326 people, 10,529 households, and 7,001 families residing in the county. The population density was 24 people per square mile . There were 13,639 housing units at an average density of 13 per square mile...

 at 45°53′18"N 87°35′15"W and flows mostly south and east to empty into Green Bay at 45°24′35"N 87°21′05"W in the community of Cedar River.

The Little Cedar River

Little Cedar River (Menominee River)

Little Cedar River is a river in Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan.The Little Cedar rises in Meyer Township at , approximately northwest of Hermansville...

, a tributary of the Menominee River

Menominee River

The Menominee River is a river in northwestern Michigan and northeastern Wisconsin in the United States. It is approximately 118 mi , draining a rural forested area of northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan into Lake Michigan...

, also flows mostly southward in Menominee County approximately ten to fifteen miles west of the Cedar River.

Tributaries and features

From the mouth:

• (left) Walton River
  Walton River
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  • (right) Westman Lake
  • North Lake
    • Crystal Brook
    • Weary Creek
    • Big Brook
      • (left) Little Lake
        • Hayward Lake
          • Hayward Creek
          • Myers Lake
      • (right) Baird Creek
      • (right) Grant Brook
      • (left) Wagner Lake
• (left) Elwood Creek
  • (left) West Ellwood Creek
  • (right) Mill Creek
  • (right) Dry Creek
• (left) Devils Creek
  • (right)Camp H Creek
  • (left) Crawford Creek
• (right) Brill Brook
• (right) Degraves Creek (also known as Degroves Creek)
• (left) Collard Creek
• (left) Crooked Creek
• (right) Depas Creek
  • (left) Advent Creek
• (left) Mashek Creek
• (left) Brook Creek
  • (right) Knap Creek
    • Kitchners Lake
  • (left) Gordon Creek
• (right) Houle Creek
• (right) Fortyseven Mile Creek
  • (right) Whitney Creek
• (left) Gorginski Creek
• (right) Wilson Creek
  • (right) Arnold Lake
  • (right) Indian Creek
    • Indian Lake
    • Little Indian Lake
• (left) Reed Brook
  • Reed Lake
• (left) Alder Brook
  • Wheeler Lake
• (left) West Branch Cedar River
  • (left) Beaver Dam Creek
  • (left) Menard Creek
  • (left) Lake Number Eighteen
  • (left) Vega Creek
  • (right) Spruce Creek
    • Spruce Lake
• (left) Pittsburg Creek
• (left) Labre Creek
• (left) Nacomis Creek

Drainage basin

The Cedar River drains all or portions of the following:

• Delta County
  Delta County, Michigan
  -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 38,520 people, 15,836 households, and 10,689 families residing in the county. The population density was 33 people per square mile . There were 19,223 housing units at an average density of 16 per square mile...
  
  
  • Bark River Township
    Bark River Township, Michigan
    Bark River Township is a civil township of Delta County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 1,650. The township takes its name from the Bark River.-Communities:...
    
    

• Menominee County
  Menominee County, Michigan
  -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 25,326 people, 10,529 households, and 7,001 families residing in the county. The population density was 24 people per square mile . There were 13,639 housing units at an average density of 13 per square mile...
  
  
  • Cedarville Township
    Cedarville Township, Michigan
    Cedarville Township is a civil township of Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 276 at the 2000 census.-Communities:...
    
    
  • Daggett Township
    Daggett Township, Michigan
    Daggett Township is a civil township of Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 740 at the 2000 census. The village of Daggett is located within the township.-Geography:...
    
    
  • Gourley Township
    Gourley Township, Michigan
    Gourley Township is a civil township of Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 409 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
    
    
  • Harris Township
    Harris Township, Michigan
    Harris Township is a civil township of Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,895 at the 2000 census.- Communities :...
    
    
  • Ingallston Township
    Ingallston Township, Michigan
    Ingallston Township is a civil township of Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,042 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
    
    
  • Meyer Township
    Meyer Township, Michigan
    Meyer Township is a civil township of Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,036 at the 2000 census. Hermansville is an unincorporated village within the township, and is where most of the population is concentrated.-Geography:...
    
    
  • Nadeau Township
    Nadeau Township, Michigan
    Nadeau Township is a civil township of Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,160 at the 2000 census.- Communities :...
    
    
  • Village of Powers
    Powers, Michigan
    Powers is a village in Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 430 at the 2000 census. It was named for John Powers, a bookkeeper for a logging company that came into the area in the late 19th century....
    
    
  • Spalding Township
    Spalding Township, Michigan
    Spalding Township is a civil township of Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,761 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
    
    
  • Stephenson Township
    Stephenson Township, Michigan
    Stephenson Township is a civil township of Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 716 at the 2000 census. The city of Stephenson is located within the township.-Geography:...