Global InformationRiver Raisin information
| River Raisin Rivière Aux Raisins | |
|---|---|
 The River Raisin flowing through Monroe | |
 Location of the River Raisin in Michigan | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| Counties | Jackson, Lenawee, Monroe, Washtenaw |
| Settlements | Blissfield, Brooklyn, Clinton, Deerfield, Dundee, Manchester, Monroe, Petersburg, Tecumseh |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Rollin Township, Michigan |
| • coordinates | 42°01′29″N 84°16′05″W / 42.02472°N 84.26806°W |
| • elevation | 1,043 ft (318 m) |
| Mouth | Lake Erie |
• location | Monroe, Michigan |
• coordinates | 41°53′31″N 83°20′12″W / 41.89194°N 83.33667°W |
• elevation | 571 ft (174 m) |
| Length | 139 mi (224 km) |
| Basin size | 1,072 sq mi (2,780 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 741 cu ft/s (21.0 m3/s) |
The River Raisin is a river in southeastern Michigan, United States, that flows through glacial sediments into Lake Erie. The area today is an agricultural and industrial center of Michigan. The river flows for almost 139 miles (224 km),[1] draining an area of 1,072 square miles (2,780 km2) in the Michigan counties of Lenawee, Washtenaw, Jackson, Hillsdale, and Monroe County, where its mouth at Lake Erie is located.[2] French settlers named it as La Rivière aux Raisins because of the wild grapes growing along its banks, the French word for grape being raisin. The French term for "raisin" is raisin sec (dry grape).[3]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 19, 2011
- ^ River Raisin Watershed Information, River Raisin Watershed Council, 2010
- ^ A.C. Quisenberry, "A Hundred Years Ago: the River Raisin", Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Sept 1913, p.18