The Battle Creek River, is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan. The Battle Creek is a tributary of the Kalamazoo River and flows into that river at Battle Creek, Michigan. The Murray River in Australia. ... A U.S. state is any one of the fifty states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, along with the District of Columbia, form the United States of America. ... Official language(s) English de-facto Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 11th 96,889 mi² 250,941 km² 239 miles 385 km 491 miles 790 km 41. ... A tributary (or affluent or confluent) is a contributory stream, a river that does not reach the sea, but joins another major river (a parent river), to which it contributes its waters, swelling its discharge. ... The Kalamazoo River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Battle Creek is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, in northeast Calhoun County. ...

The river's watershed drains approximately 187,000 acres (757 km²) and covers northern Calhoun County, southern Eaton County, and southeastern Barry County in southwest Michigan. The headwaters of the Battle Creek River begin in Duck Lake in Clarence Township in northeast Calhoun County and flows north through the city of Charlotte, then flows southeast through the village of Bellevue and empties into the Kalamazoo River at the city of Battle Creek. Tributaries of the Battle Creek River include Wanadoga Creek, Ellis Creek, Crooked Brook, Goose Creek, Ackley Creek, Indian Creek, and Big Creek. A watershed is a region of land where water drains downhill into a specified body of water, such as a river, lake, sea, ocean or wetland. ... Calhoun County is a county located in the state of Michigan. ... Eaton County is a county located in the state of Michigan. ... Barry County is a county located in the state of Michigan. ... Clarence Township is a township located in northeast Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Calhoun County is a county located in the state of Michigan. ... Charlotte is a city in Eaton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Bellevue is a village in Eaton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ...

The river's name, according to local lore, was given after a survey party, led by Sands McCamly, engaged in hostilities with some local Native Americans. An Atsina named Assiniboin Boy Native Americans in the United States (also known as Indians, American Indians, First Americans, Indigenous Peoples, Aboriginal Peoples, Aboriginal Americans, Amerindians, Amerinds, or Original Americans) are the indigenous peoples within the territory that is now encompassed by the continental United States and their descendants in...

See also

• List of Michigan rivers