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St. Croix River (Minnesota, Wisconsin), 169 mi-long (272 km) Sunrise River, 39.1 mi-long (62.9 km) North Branch Sunrise River. West Branch Sunrise River. South Branch Sunrise River. Snake River, 104 mi-long (167 km) Groundhouse River, 39.8 mi-long (64.1 km) South Fork Groundhouse River.
Geography of Minnesota. The U.S. State of Minnesota is the northernmost state outside Alaska; its isolated Northwest Angle in Lake of the Woods is the only part of the 48 contiguous states lying north of the 49th parallel north. Minnesota is in the U.S. region known as the Upper Midwest in interior North America.
This is a list of lakes of Minnesota. Although promoted as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes", Minnesota has 11,842 lakes of 10 acres (4.05 ha) or more. [ 1 ] The 1968 state survey found 15,291 lake basins, of which 3,257 were dry. [ 2 ] If all basins over 2.5 acres were counted, Minnesota would have 21,871 lakes. [ 3 ]
It still serves the city of Rochester, Minnesota, and is on the National Register of Historic Places. [ 1 ] This is a list of dams and reservoirs in the U.S. state of Minnesota and pertinent data in a sortable table. There are more than 1,250 dams in the state. Over 800 are public facilities and of these 430 are owned by the Minnesota ...
The longest river entirely within the state of Minnesota is the Minnesota River. Other rivers over 200 miles long include the Red River of the North , Des Moines River , Cedar River , Wapsipinicon River , Little Sioux River , and Roseau River .
Higgins Island, High Island, Lake Michigan. Hog Island, Lake Michigan. Horse Island, Lake Erie, near Gibraltar. Huron Islands, Lake Superior, has lighthouse. Indian Island, Lake Erie. Ile Aux Galets, Lake Michigan, location of Skillagalee Lighthouse. Isle Royale, location of Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior.
The Minnesota River (Dakota: Mnísota Wakpá) is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 332 miles (534 km) long, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It drains a watershed of 14,751 square miles (38,200 km 2) in Minnesota and about 2,000 sq mi (5,200 km 2) in South Dakota and Iowa. It rises in southwestern Minnesota, in Big Stone Lake ...
St. Cloud Dam. St. Cloud, Minnesota. 45°32′52″N94°08′50″W / 45.54778°N 94.14722°W / 45.54778; -94.14722. Coon Rapids Dam. Brooklyn Park / Coon Rapids, Minnesota. 45°08′36″N93°18′43″W / 45.14333°N 93.31194°W / 45.14333; -93.31194. No locks, ends navigable portion of river. Upper Saint Anthony Falls Lock ...