Clearwater River (Red Lake River tributary)

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Coordinates: 47°53′38″N 96°16′58″W / 47.8938569°N 96.2828256°W / 47.8938569; -96.2828256[5]
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Clearwater River
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
RegionRed River Valley
CitiesBagley, Minnesota, Plummer, Minnesota, Red Lake Falls, Minnesota
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationWestern Clearwater County, Minnesota[1]
 • elevation1,440 ft (440 m)
MouthRed Lake River[2]
 • location
Red Lake Falls, Minnesota[2]
 • elevation
955 ft (291 m)
Basin size1,385 sq mi (3,590 km2)[1]
Basin features
River systemNelson River basin
Tributaries 
 • leftRuffy Brook, Lost River[1], Terrebonne Creek, Beau Gerlot Creek, Lower Badger Creek[1]
 • rightWalker 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.

"Clearwater" is an English translation of the native Ojibwe language name.[4]

See also

47°53′38″N 96°16′58″W / 47.8938569°N 96.2828256°W / 47.8938569; -96.2828256[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Clearwater River - Minnesota Pollution Control Agency". Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Rapid Watershed Assessment Clearwater (MN) HUC: 09020305" (PDF). United States Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 121.
  5. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clearwater River


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