{{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox river | name = Saganing River | image = Saganing River Standish Township Michigan.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = The Saganing River in Standish Township | source1_location = Arenac County, Michigan | mouth_location = Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = United States | progression = | length = | source1_elevation = | mouth_elevation = | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = | river_system = | tributaries_left = Budd Drain | tributaries_right = Saganing Creek,<br />Saganing Drain }} The '''Saganing River''', also known as '''Saganing Creek''', is a {{convert|10.0|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed November 7, 2011</ref> stream in the U.S. state of Michigan.
It rises from the confluence of Saganing Creek and Budd Drain in the northwest corner of Pinconning Township just south of the Arenac County/Bay County boundary at {{coord|43|54|30|N|84|01|39|W|region:US-MI_type:river_source:GNIS}} and flows in a gentle arc to the northeast through Lincoln Township and then bending to southeast in Standish Township before emptying into Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron just south of Whites Beach at {{coord|43|55|10|N|83|53|45|W|region:US-MI_type:river_source:GNIS}}.<ref>{{gnis|636490|Saganing River}}</ref>
Saganing Creek rises in the southeast corner on Grim Township in Gladwin County at {{coord|43|55|25|N|84|10|17|W|region:US-MI_type:river_source:GNIS}}<ref>{{gnis|636489|Saganing Creek}}</ref> and flows mostly eastward through Gibson Township and Mount Forest Township in Bay County. Its main tributary, Saganing Drain, rises in western Gibson Township south of Bentley and flows to the east-southeast.<ref>{{gnis|619768|Saganing Drain}}</ref>
The other main tributary of the Saganing River, Budd Creek, rises just east of Mount Forest at {{coord|43|53|16|N|84|06|13|W|region:US-MI_type:river_source:GNIS}}.<ref>{{gnis|622201|Budd Drain}}</ref>
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Category:Rivers of Michigan Category:Rivers of Arenac County, Michigan Category:Rivers of Bay County, Michigan Category:Tributaries of Lake Huron Category:Saginaw Bay
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