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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 Creek


The Little Rabbit River is a tributary of the Rabbit River, with a 30,850 acre (125 km²) watershed that drains sections of four townships in Allegan and Kent Counties: 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.


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