Alps rivers such as the Danube have major tributaries flowing into them that originate in the Alps. The Rhône is second to the Nile as a freshwater source to the Mediterranean Sea; the river begins as glacial meltwater, flows into Lake Geneva, and from there to France where one of its uses is to cool nuclear power plants. The Rhine originates in a 30 square kilometre area in Switzerland and represents almost 60 percent of water exported from the country. Tributary valleys, some of which are complicated, channel water to the main valleys which can experience flooding during the snow melt
West Branch Manistique River and eventually discharges its flow through Klegstads Slough into the main stem of the Manistique River. The mouth of the swampy river is about northeast of Manistique. West Branch Manistique River West Branch Manistique River is a river in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises in Alger County, flows southeast into Schoolcraft County, and discharges into the Manistique River. Its principal tributary is the Creighton River. Much of the river's course flows through wetlands that are a part of the Lake Superior State Forest, a semi-protected land area. Despite the name of the state forest,