Little Calumet River, East Branch - Watershed Introduction

Little Calumet River, East Branch

Watershed Introduction 

Source: Save the Dunes 

The Little Calumet River, East Branch (LCEB) is a watershed found in the Northwest region of Indiana, which is along Lake Michigan's southern coast (Whitesell, 2015). The watershed is part of the Lake Michigan drainage basin. The watershed is 47,293 acres of land and is 12% of the Lake Michigan Little Calumet-Galien watershed (Whitesell, 2015). This larger watershed covers areas in Illinois, Michigan and Indiana. The LCEB converges with the Little Calumet River, West Branch (LCWB) at the Burns waterway and flows through Burns Harbor, Chesterton, Porter, Ogden Dunes and Portage in Indiana (Whitesell, 2015). This watershed is important because it flows directly into Lake Michigan. It affects people's drinking water and the ecosystems around Lake Michigan. 

Reference

Whitesell, L. (2015). Little Calumet River, East Branch: Watershed management plan. Save the Dunes. https://ecm.idem.in.gov/cs/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&dID=83086341&dDocName=83086346&Rendition=web&allowInterrupt=1&noSaveAs=1