Detroit River
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| Detroit River | |
| Rivière du Détroit | |
 Windsor police passing by the Renaissance Center
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| Kintras | United States, Canada |
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| State | Michigan |
| Province | Ontario |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Little River, River Canard |
| - right | River Rouge, Ecorse River |
| Ceeties | United States: Detroit, Grosse Pointe Piark, River Rouge, Ecorse, Wyandotte, Riverview, Trenton, Grosse Ile, Gibraltar, Canada: Tecumseh, Windsor, La Salle, Amherstburg |
| Soorce | Loch St. Clair |
| - elevation | 574 ft (175 m) |
| - coordinates | 42°21′07″N 82°55′03″W / 42.35194°N 82.91750°W |
| Mooth | Loch Erie |
| - elevation | 571 ft (174 m) |
| - coordinates | 42°03′06″N 83°09′05″W / 42.05167°N 83.15139°WCoordinates: 42°03′06″N 83°09′05″W / 42.05167°N 83.15139°W |
| Lenth | 28 mi (45 km) |
| Basin | 700 sq mi (1,813 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| - average | 188,000 cu ft/s (5,324 m3/s) |
 Location of the Detroit River in the United States
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 Landsat satellite photo shawin the St. Clair River (top), Loch St. Clair (center), an the Detroit River connectin it tae Loch Erie (bottom)
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The Detroit River is a 24-nautical-mile-long (44 km; 28 mi)[1] river that is a strait in the Great Lochs seestem.[2]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed November 7, 2011
- ↑ Environmental Protection Agency (29 Apryle 2009). "Detroit River Area of Concern". Retrieved 16 Juin 2009.