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Minnesota River, Mankato, Minnesota. 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 is joined by the Minnesota River at Fort Snelling, by the St. Croix River near Hastings, by the Chippewa River at Wabasha, and by many smaller streams. The Red River , in the bed of glacial Lake Agassiz , drains the northwest part of the state northward toward Canada's Hudson Bay .
The Le Sueur River in Blue Earth County in 1996. The Le Sueur River (lay-SEWER) [6] is a tributary of the Blue Earth River, 111 miles (178 km) long, in southern Minnesota in the United States. Via the Blue Earth and Minnesota Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 1,089 square miles (2,280 km 2). It is ...
The Chippewa River (Lakota: Mayáwakȟáŋ [1]) is a 153-mile-long (246 km) [2] tributary of the Minnesota River in western and southwestern Minnesota in the United States. Via the Minnesota River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. [3] The river was named after the Chippewa Indians. [4]
From Faribault, Minnesota to its mouth, the Cannon, a designated Minnesota Wild and Scenic River falls 280 feet (85 m), an average of 4.8 feet/mile (1 m/km). In its upper course, the river flows through the lake region of western Rice County. The chief tributary of the Cannon River is the Straight River, which enters the Cannon in Faribault ...
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 .
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The Sauk River is a 122-mile-long (196 km) [1] tributary of the Mississippi River in central Minnesota in the United States. It drains small lakes in Stearns County. In the Ojibwe language it is called Ozaagi-ziibi, meaning "River of the Sauks". [2] [3] It issues from Lake Osakis on the Todd County / Stearns County line.