Editing Kalkaska County, Michigan (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|571|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|11|sqmi}} (1.9%) are covered by  water.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_26.txt|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=September 26, 2014|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref>

[[Kalkaska sand]], the [[state soil]] of Michigan, was named after the county because of the large amounts deposited in the area from [[glacier]]s in the [[Last Glacial Period|Ice Age]].

Kalkaska County has over 80 lakes and {{convert|275|mi|km}} of streams and rivers. Much of the county is marshland. County elevation ranges from {{convert|595|ft|m}} to about {{convert|1246|ft|m}}. This makes it one of the more uneven counties in the [[Lower Peninsula]].

The [[Pere Marquette State Forest]] covers much of the county. Glaciers shaped the area, creating a unique regional ecosystem. A large portion of the area is the Grayling outwash plain, a broad outwash plain including sandy ice-disintegration ridges, jack pine barrens, some white pine-red pine forest, and northern hardwood forest. Large lakes were created by glacial action.<ref>[http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/habitat/rlandscp/s7-2-2.htm Michigan regional geology.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625181556/http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/habitat/rlandscp/s7-2-2.htm|date=June 25, 2013}}</ref>

===Lakes===
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*[[Torch Lake (Antrim County, Michigan)|Torch Lake]]
*[[Starvation Lake]]
*[[Lake Skegemog]]
*[[Bear Lake (Michigan)|Bear Lake]]
*[[Manistee Lake (Kalkaska County, Michigan)|Manistee Lake]]
*[[Grass Lake (Michigan)|Grass Lake]]
*[[Rainbow Lake (Michigan)|Rainbow Lake]]
*[[Blue Lake (Kalkaska County, Michigan)|Blue Lake]]
*[[Cub Lake]]
*[[Twin Lake]]
*[[Little Twin Lake]]
*[[Pickerel Lake (Kalkaska County, Michigan)|Pickerel Lake]]
*[[Squaw Lake (Kalkaska County, Michigan)|Squaw Lake]]
*[[Indian Lake (Kalkaska County, Michigan)|Indian Lake]]
*[[Perch Lake (Kalkaska County, Michigan)|Perch Lake]]
*[[Crawford Lake (Michigan)|Crawford Lake]]
*[[Lost Lake (Kalkaska County, Michigan)|Lost Lake]]
*[[Johnson Rd Lake]]
*[[Log Lake]]
*[[Selkirk Lake]]
*[[Kettle Lake]]
*[[Lake Placid (Michigan)|Lake Placid]]
*[[Sand Lake (Michigan)|Sand Lake]]
*[[Twenty Eight Lakes]]
*[[East Lake (Michigan)|East Lake]]
*[[Long Lake (Kalkaska County, Michigan)|Long Lake]]
*[[Lake Five (Michigan)|Lake Five]]
* Wheeler Lake
*[[Fife Lake (Michigan)|Fife Lake]]
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===Rivers===
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*[[Boardman River]]
*[[Little Rapid River (Michigan)|Little Rapid River]]
*[[Manistee River]]
*[[Rapid River (Kalkaska County, Michigan)|Rapid River]]
*[[Torch River (Michigan)|Torch River]]
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===Major highways===
*{{jct|country=USA|US|131}} – runs NE through the western part of the county. Enters at {{convert|4|mi|km}} north of SW corner; exits into [[Antrim County, Michigan|Antrim County]] near midpoint of north county line.
*{{jct|state=MI|M|66}} – runs north–south through west-central part of county. Passes Kalkaska.
*{{jct|state=MI|M|72}} – runs east and ESE through middle portion of county. Passes Kalkaska.

===Adjacent counties===
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*[[Antrim County, Michigan|Antrim County]] – north
*[[Otsego County, Michigan|Otsego County]] – northeast
*[[Crawford County, Michigan|Crawford County]] – east
*[[Roscommon County, Michigan|Roscommon County]] – southeast
*[[Missaukee County, Michigan|Missaukee County]] – south
*[[Wexford County, Michigan|Wexford County]] – southwest
*[[Grand Traverse County, Michigan|Grand Traverse County]] – west
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