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Maximum discharge along the river is currently at the reporting a streamflow rate of cfs. This is also the highest stage along the Rabbit River, with a gauge stage of ft at this location. This river is monitored from 1 different streamgauging stations along the Rabbit River, the highest being situated at an altitude of ft, the .
The Rabbit River is a 62.1-mile-long (99.9 km) tributary of the Kalamazoo River within Allegan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The river's watershed covers 187,200 acres (758 km2) of land and drains most of north-central and northeast Allegan County as well as small portions of Barry, Kent and Ottawa counties.
The river rises in farmland in the southeast portion of Leighton Township and flows generally westward, traversing the northern portion of Wayland Township, the city of Wayland, the northern portion of Hopkins Township, the extreme southwest corner of Dorr Township, Salem Township, Overisel Township, Heath Township, Hamilton, and Manlius Township, where it merges with the Kalamazoo near New Richmond.
Main tributaries are (from east to west):
Green Lake Creek
Buskirk Creek
Miller Creek (Hopkins Township)
Bear Creek
Little Rabbit River
Black Creek
Miller Creek (Monterey Township)
Silver CreekThe Little Rabbit River is an 11.0-mile-long (17.7 km) tributary of the Rabbit River, with a 30,850-acre (124.8 km2) watershed that drains sections of four townships in Allegan and Kent counties: Byron Township in Kent County, and Leighton, Dorr and Salem townships in Allegan County. The upper reaches consist of two small branches: the Red Run Drain, which rises in the extreme western edge of Leighton Township just north of Moline and the Dorr & Byron Drain, which rises in the southern portion of Byron Township. The branches converge west of Dorr and then empty into the Rabbit River in southwest Salem Township.
