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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 .
Watersheds [1] of Minnesota. Minnesota has 6,564 natural rivers and streams that cumulatively flow for 69,000 miles (111,000 km). The Mississippi River begins its journey from its headwaters at Lake Itasca and crosses the Iowa border 680 mi (1,094 km) downstream.
Mankato (/ m æ n ˈ k eɪ t oʊ / man-KAY-toh) [9] is a city in Blue Earth, Nicollet, and Le Sueur counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is the county seat of Blue Earth County, Minnesota . The population was 44,488 at the 2020 census , [ 6 ] making it the 21st-largest city in Minnesota , and the 4th-largest outside of the Minneapolis ...
MN 22 south / Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway: At-grade intersection; southern end of MN 22 overlap: 65.954: 106.143: MN 99 east (Broadway Avenue) / Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway to CSAH 5 – Le Center: At-grade intersection; northern end of MN 99 overlap: 67.705: 108.961: MN 22 north – Gaylord: At-grade intersection; northern end ...
By volume, it is the Minnesota River's largest tributary, accounting for 46% of the Minnesota's flow at the rivers' confluence in Mankato. [6] Via the Minnesota River, the Blue Earth River is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River , draining an area of 3,486 square miles (9,030 km 2 ) in an agricultural region.
"South Central Minnesota" refers to a group of fewer than a dozen counties loosely centered on the city of Mankato. It is essentially an alternate name for the Minnesota River Valley, with a slightly extended area to include towns such as Owatonna. The Twin Cities Metropolitan area includes 13 counties, two of which are in Wisconsin.
A house that was teetering on the edge of an eroding riverbank near a Minnesota dam collapsed into the river in the latest jarring example of extreme weather gripping the upper Midwest.
On Carte de la Louisiane et du Cours du Mississipi (1718) by Guillaume Delisle and on A Map of North America (1768) by John Blair, the St. Croix River—more specifically what was then known as the east branch of the St. Croix River (known today as the Namekagon River)—is shown as the Ouasisacadeba, a French representation of the Dakota name ...