Detroit River
The Detroit River is an international river in North America. The river, which forms part of the international border between the U.S. state of Michigan and the Canadian province of Ontario, flows west and south for 24 nautical miles from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie as a strait in the Great Lakes system.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river along the border between Michigan and Ontario
- Also known as: “Detroidi jõgi”, “Detroit‘ jõgi”, “Detroitelven”, “Detroito upė”, “reka Detroit”, “Riviere Detroit”, “Детруа”, “Дэтруа”, “Дэтруа (рака)”, and “디트로이트 강”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gibraltar and Amherstburg.
Gibraltar
Town
Gibraltar is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Gibraltar is situated 4½ miles northwest of Detroit River.
Amherstburg
Rockwood
Town
Rockwood is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Rockwood is situated 5 miles west of Detroit River.
Detroit River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Wayne County, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.04116° or 42° 2′ 28″ north
Longitude
-83.14965° or 83° 8′ 59″ west
Elevation
571 feet (174 metres)
Open location code
86JR2VR2+F4
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Detroit River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Detroit”
- Arabic: “نهر ديترويت”
- Armenian: “Դետրոյթ”
- Asturian: “Ríu Detroit”
- Basque: “Detroit ibaia”
- Belarusian: “Дэтройт (рака)”
- Belarusian: “Дэтройт”
- Bengali: “ডেট্রয়েট নদী”
- Breton: “Detroit”
- Bulgarian: “Детройт”
- Catalan: “Riu Detroit”
- Cebuano: “Detroit River”
- Chinese: “底特律河”
- Chuvash: “Детройт”
- Croatian: “Detroit”
- Czech: “Detroit”
- Danish: “Detroit-floden”
- Dutch: “Detroit”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ديترويت”
- Esperanto: “rivero Detrojto”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Detrojto”
- Estonian: “Detroiti jõgi”
- Finnish: “Detroitjoki”
- French: “rivière Détroit”
- French: “Rivière Détroit”
- Galician: “Río Detroit”
- German: “Detroit River”
- Hebrew: “דטרויט”
- Hungarian: “Detroit”
- Inari Sami: “Detroitjuuhâ”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Detroit”
- Irish: “Abhainn Detroit”
- Italian: “Detroit”
- Japanese: “デトロイト川”
- Korean: “디트로이트강”
- Latin: “Detroitum (flumen)”
- Latin: “Detroitum”
- Latvian: “Detroita (upe)”
- Latvian: “Detroita”
- Lithuanian: “Detroitas”
- Luxembourgish: “Detroit River”
- Macedonian: “Детроит”
- Marathi: “डीट्रॉइट नदी”
- Marathi: “डेट्रॉईट नदी”
- Mingrelian: “დეტროიტი (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “დეტროიტი”
- Northern Sami: “Detroitjohka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Detroit”
- Norwegian: “Detroit”
- Persian: “رود دیترویت”
- Polish: “Detroit”
- Portuguese: “Rio Detroit”
- Romanian: “Râul Detroit”
- Russian: “Детройт”
- Scots: “Detroit River”
- Serbian: “Детроит”
- Skolt Sami: “Detroitjokk”
- Slovak: “Detroit River”
- Slovenian: “Detroit”
- South Azerbaijani: “دیترویت چایی”
- Spanish: “Río Detroit”
- Swedish: “Detroitfloden”
- Tamil: “டெட்ரோயிட் ஆறு”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำดีทรอยต์”
- Ukrainian: “Детройт”
- Venetian: “Detroit”
- Vietnamese: “sông Detroit”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Detroit”
- Welsh: “Afon Detroit”
- Western Armenian: “Տիթրոյիթ գետ”
- Wu Chinese: “底特律河”
- Yue Chinese: “底特律河”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Milleville Beach and Bar Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Amherst Pointe and Bar Point.
Wayne County: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Detroit and Dearborn.
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