Chippewa River (Minnesota River)
| Chippewa River | ||
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 641167 | |
| location | Minnesota (USA) | |
| River system | Mississippi River | |
| Drain over | Minnesota River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico | |
| Source lake |
Chippewa Lake 45 ° 59 ′ 17 " N , 95 ° 38 ′ 44" W. |
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| Source height | 412 m | |
| muzzle | in Montevideo in the Minnesota River Coordinates: 44 ° 56 '5 " N , 95 ° 44' 0" W 44 ° 56 '5 " N , 95 ° 44' 0" W. |
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| Mouth height | 281 m | |
| Height difference | 131 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.63 ‰ | |
| length | 209 km | |
| Catchment area | 5387 km² | |
| Left tributaries |
Little Chippewa River , East Branch Chippewa River |
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| Communities | Hoffman , Cyrus , Benson | |
| Residents in the catchment area | 41000 | |
The Chippewa River is an approximately 195 km long tributary of the Minnesota River in the west and southwest of the US state Minnesota .
Over the Minnesota River it is part of the catchment area of the Mississippi River .
Run
The Chippewa River rises in Chippewa Lake in Douglas County , 11 km northwest of Alexandria and flows through several lakes on its upper reaches. It initially flows west into Grant County , where it turns south for the remainder of its course through Counties Pope , Stevens , Swift, and Chippewa . The cities of Hoffman , Cyrus and Benson lie on its course and it flows into the Minnesota River in Montevideo . Some stretches of the river, especially in the middle reaches through Pope and Swift Counties, have been straightened and canalized .
Larger tributaries of the Chippewa River in Pope County are the approximately 70 km long Little Chippewa River , which runs mostly southwest through the counties Douglas and Pope, and in Benson the approximately 145 km long East Branch Chippewa River , which rises in southeast Douglas County and after an initial southerly course through Pope County, on which it flows through several lakes, turns west in Swift County.
Web links
- Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry
- DeLorme (1994). Minnesota Atlas & Gazetteer . Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-222-6 .
- East Branch Chippewa River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Little Chippewa River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Minnesota River Basin 2010 Progress Report - Chippewa River Watershed (PDF 1.2 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chippewa Lake in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ↑ Chippewa River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ↑ a b About the Chippewa River . Chippewa River Watershed Project. Retrieved June 28, 2017.