Long Prairie River
| Long Prairie River | ||
 Long Prairie River in Moran Township , Todd County (2007) |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 647141 | |
| location | Minnesota (USA) | |
| River system | Mississippi River | |
| Drain over | Crow Wing River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico | |
| source | Lake Carlos, Carlos Township , Douglas County 45 ° 58 ′ 58 ″ N , 95 ° 19 ′ 59 ″ W |
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| Source height | 412 m | |
| muzzle |
Crow Wing River , Motley Township , Morrison County Coordinates: 46 ° 19 ′ 27 " N , 94 ° 36 ′ 46" W 46 ° 19 ′ 27 " N , 94 ° 36 ′ 46" W. |
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| Mouth height | 368 m | |
| Height difference | 44 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.3 ‰ | |
| length | 148 km | |
| Catchment area | 2310 km² | |
| Drain |
MQ |
5 m³ / s |
The Long Prarie River is a 148 km long tributary of the Crow Wing River in the US state of Minnesota . It belongs to the catchment area of the Mississippi River and drains an area of 2310 km² in a rural region.
history
Before Europeans came to the region, the Dakota and Ojibwe inhabited the area around the river.
Henry Schoolcraft reports that the area was unpopulated in 1832 because it was the border area between the two warring Indian tribes.
Through the Chippewa Treaties of 1847, the west bank of the river, which actually belonged to the Mekamaadwewininiwag , was assigned to the Menominee Indians and the east bank , which belonged to the Gichi-ziibiwininiwag, was ceded to the Winnebago Indians as a settlement area. This was in anticipation of the Indian resettlement from Wisconsin , which was being made a state at the time . The Menominee resisted relocation and did not come to Minnesota. Because of this, the land was ceded to the United States. The Winnebagos, on the other hand, settled for the most part, but were in constant danger because of the ongoing skirmishes between the Pillager Chippewa and the Dakota Sioux and demanded relocation to southern Minnesota, near Mankato . Because of this, they gave the land to the United States in 1855. Settlers began farming on the region's prairies and cleared forests in the 1860s.
The English name of the river is derived from the language of the Ojibwe , according to the missionary Joseph Gilfillan ; Gaa-zhaagawashkodeyaa-ziibi means "long narrow prairie river".
geography
The headwaters of the Long Prairie River are located in an area with numerous lakes north of Alexandria . It rises from Lake Carlos in Carlos Township in Douglas County , about 11 km northwest of Alexandria. The tributaries to Lake Carlos, which drain various other lakes, make up around a quarter of its catchment area. These lakes include Lake Darling, Lake Ida, Lake Miltona, and Geneva Lake.
The river initially flows through Todd County . Moats connect the river with Lake Osakis , which is the source of the Sauk River . This means that the two catchment areas can connect when the water level is high.
In Long Prairie , the river changes direction and then turns north-northeast. At Browerville he crosses a game reserve and reaches the northwest of Morrison County . In Motley Township , about two kilometers southeast of Motley , it finally flows into the Crow Wing River from the south.
Most of its catchment area lies within an ecoregion that consists of hardwood forests with maple and American linden mixed with conifers . The soil consists of glacial resulting Grundmoränenebenen and Sandern .
According to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, 41% of the Long Prairie River catchment area below Lake Carlos is used for agriculture; The main crops are potatoes , corn , soybeans and alfalfa . Around a quarter of the catchment area is grassland and pastures , 21% are forested, 10% are bodies of water or wetlands and 3% are settled. Because the river's floodplains are wide and shallow, the land directly adjacent to the river is either used for agriculture or is floodplain. This does not apply along the upper eastern section of the river, which was historically overgrown by aspen and oak forests and consisted of wetlands and high grass prairies . Farmland and secondary forest alternate below Browerville . Among the species of fish in the river include Northern Pike , Walleye , smallmouth bass and largemouth bass .
Flow rate
At the level of the United States Geological Survey in the municipality of Long Prairie, the long-term average of the water volume of the river between 1972 and 2005 was 5 m³ / s. The highest value was recorded with 93 m³ / s on July 22, 1972, the lowest value on January 12, 1977 was almost zero m³ / s.
See also
Web links
Long Prairie River in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Long Prairie Watershed TMDL Project: Final Project Report . Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. July 2004. Archived from the original on October 4, 2006. Retrieved June 17, 2007.
- ↑ a b Upper Mississippi River Basin. . Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. S. Upper Mississippi River Basin Water Quality Plan, Headwaters to the Rum River - Anoka, Section III: Upper Mississippi River Basin . 2000. Archived from the original on June 18, 2007. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 17, 2007.
- ^ A b Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Canoeing: Long Prairie River . Minnesota Department of Natural Resources . 2007. Archived from the original on July 1, 2007. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 17, 2007.
- ^ Warren Upham : Minnesota Place Names, A Geographical Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition . Minnesota Historical Society, Saint Paul, Minnesota 2001, ISBN 0-87351-396-7 , p. 593.
- ^ A b Thomas F. Waters: The Crow Wing: Oxcart to Canoe . In: The Streams and Rivers of Minnesota . University of Minnesota Press , Minneapolis 2006, ISBN 0-8166-0960-8 , pp. 184-194.
- ↑ a b c Minnesota Atlas & Gazetteer . DeLorme , Yarmouth, Me. 1994, ISBN 0-89933-222-6 , pp. 44-45, 52-54.
- ^ GB Mitton, KG Guttormson, GW Stratton, ES Wakeman: Water Resources Data in Minnesota, Water Year 2005 Annual Report. . United States Geological Survey . S. Long Prairie River at Long Prairie, MN (PDF; 139 kB). Retrieved June 17, 2007.
