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Itasca State Park (/ aɪ ˈ t æ s k ə /) is a state park of Minnesota, United States, and contains the headwaters of the Mississippi River.The park spans 32,690 acres (132.3 km 2) of northern Minnesota, and is located about 21 miles (34 km) north of Park Rapids, Minnesota and 25 miles (40 km) from Bagley, Minnesota.
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. There are more than 1,250 dams in the state. Over 800 are public facilities and of these 430 are owned by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources .
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.
Lake Itasca (/ aɪ ˈ t æ s k ə / eye-TASS-kə) [1] is a small glacial lake, approximately 4.7 square kilometres (470 hectares; 1,200 acres) in area.It is located in Itasca State Park, in south-eastern Clearwater County, in the Headwaters area of north-central Minnesota, and is notable for being the headwater of the Mississippi River.
Geography; Location: Beltrami, Clearwater, and Hubbard counties, Minnesota, United States: Coordinates: 1]: Elevation: 1,358 feet (414 m): Area: 45,290 acres (18,330 ha): Administration; Established: 1935: Governing body: Counties, Minnesota DNR: Website: www.dnr.state.mn.us /state _forests /sft00034 /index.html: Ecology; WWF Classification: Western Great Lakes Forests: EPA Classification ...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, or Minnesota DNR, is the agency of the U.S. state of Minnesota charged with conserving and managing the state's natural resources. The agency maintains areas such as state parks , state forests , recreational trails , and recreation areas as well as managing minerals , wildlife , and forestry ...
The headwaters of the Mississippi River begin at Lake Itasca (see Mississippi River Basin map); where it flows through Winnibigoshish, the Mississippi is at its widest - more than 11 miles. [ 3 ] The former Winnibigoshish Township (now unorganized), located on the north shore of Lake Winnibigoshish, in Itasca County, Minnesota , was named after ...
Location: Cass / Crow Wing counties, Minnesota, United States: Coordinates: 1]: Primary outflows: Gull River: Catchment area: Crow Wing Watershed: Basin countries: United States: Max. length: 15.3 mi (25 km): Max. width: 3.3 mi (5 km): Surface area: 9,947.03 acres (40.2542 km 2): Average depth: 30 ft (9 m): Max. depth: 80 ft (24 m): Water volume: 298,410 acre⋅ft (0.36808 km 3): Shore length ...