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Latest revision as of 00:34, 1 May 2021
| Clearwater River | |
|---|---|
  Mouth of the Clearwater River | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| Region | Red River Valley |
| Cities | Bagley, Minnesota, Plummer, Minnesota, Red Lake Falls, Minnesota |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Western Clearwater County, Minnesota[1] |
| • coordinates | 47°28′50″N 95°34′08″W / 47.4805135°N 95.5689108°W |
| • elevation | 1,440 ft (440 m) |
| Mouth | Red Lake River[2] |
• location | Red Lake Falls, Minnesota[2] |
• coordinates | 47°53′38″N 96°16′58″W / 47.8938569°N 96.2828256°W |
• elevation | 955 ft (291 m) |
| Basin size | 1,385 sq mi (3,590 km2)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Nelson River basin |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Ruffy Brook, Lost River,[1] Terrebonne Creek, Beau Gerlot Creek, Lower Badger Creek[1] |
| • right | Walker Brook, Butcher Knife Creek |
The Clearwater River is a 147-mile-long (237 km)[3] tributary of the Red Lake River of Minnesota in the United States. Via the Red Lake River, the Red River of the North, Lake Winnipeg, and the Nelson River, it is part of the Hudson Bay watershed.[4]
"Clearwater" is an English translation of the native Ojibwe language name.[5]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Clearwater River - Minnesota Pollution Control Agency". Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ a b "Rapid Watershed Assessment Clearwater (MN) HUC: 09020305" (PDF). United States Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, accessed June 8, 2011
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clearwater River
- ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 121.
- Minnesota Watersheds
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974)
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