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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 .
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 .
Brainerd (/ ˈ b r eɪ n ər d / BRAY-nərd) is a city and the county seat of Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States.Its population was 14,395 at the 2020 census. [4] [6] Brainerd straddles the Mississippi River several miles upstream from its confluence with the Crow Wing River, having been founded as a site for a railroad crossing above the confluence.
Great River Road (National Route) south / West River Road / Dean Avenue: Southern end of Great River Road overlap: 142.900: 229.975: CSAH 12 / Great River Road (National Route) north / Dayton Road / Miller Road: Northern end of Great River Road overlap: Mississippi River: 143.339– 143.535: 230.682– 230.997: Anoka–Champlin Mississippi ...
Great River Road Spur (21st Street) 116.310: 187.183: 18th Street East: Former MN 291 east: 116.848: 188.049: MN 55 west: 117.407: 188.948: CSAH 42 west (2nd Street) / Great River Road (National Route) north: Interchange; south end of Great River Road (National Route) overlap (US 61 south of here is an alternate route of the Great River Road ...
A typical image of central Minnesota includes the many large and small lakes that surround the cities of St. Cloud (by far the region's largest city), Alexandria, Brainerd, and other settlements. Two lakes in the region, Mille Lacs Lake , with an area of 206 mi 2 (534 km 2 ), and Leech Lake , with an area of 175 mi 2 (453 km 2 ), are ...
The following is a list of crossings of the Minnesota River. The Minnesota River 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 nearly 17,000 square miles (44,000 km 2), 14,751 square miles (38,200 km 2) in Minnesota and about 2,000 sq mi (5,200 km 2) in ...
The Minnesota River Valley follows the state's namesake, a fertile agricultural area, running from the South Dakota border to its junction with the Mississippi River in St. Paul. "Northern Minnesota" is a broader title that includes several regions, including the North Woods, and can be defined as any area within the 218 telephone area code ...