Menominee River
| Menominee River | |
|---|---|
Menominee River | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Brule and Michigamme rivers |
| • coordinates | 45°57′12″N 88°11′46″W / 45.95328°N 88.19624°W |
| Mouth | |
• location | Green Bay, Lake Michigan |
• coordinates | 45°05′41″N 87°35′28″W / 45.0947°N 87.59121°W |
| Length | 116 mi (187 km) |
| Basin size | 4,070 mi2 (10,500 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | mouth |
| • average | 3,516 cu ft/s (99.6 m3/s) (estimate) |
The Menominee River is a river in northwestern Michigan and northeastern Wisconsin in the United States. It is approximately 116 miles (187 km) long, draining a rural forested area of northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan into Lake Michigan. Its entire course, with that of its tributary, the Brule River, forms part of the boundary between the two states.