Sand Hill River, Minnesota
| Sand Hill River | ||
 View from the bridge of the MN-220 over the Sand Hill River west of Climax |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 655066 | |
| location | Minnesota (USA) | |
| River system | Nelson River | |
| Drain over | Red River of the North → Nelson River → Hudson Bay | |
| origin | Sand Hill Lake 47 ° 30 ′ 55 " N , 95 ° 44 ′ 52" W. |
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| Source height | 388 m | |
| muzzle |
Red River of the North Coordinates: 47 ° 35 '53 " N , 96 ° 51' 2" W 47 ° 35 '53 " N , 96 ° 51' 2" W. |
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| Mouth height | 256 m | |
| Height difference | 132 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.81 ‰ | |
| length | 163 km | |
| Catchment area | approx. 1230 km² | |
| Discharge at the Climax A Eo gauge : 1191 km² Location: 6 km above the mouth |
MQ 1947/2017 Mq 1947/2017 |
2.6 m³ / s 2.2 l / (s km²) |
| Right tributaries | Kittleson Creek | |
| Flowing lakes | Homme Lake | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Sand Hill Lake | |
| Communities | Rindal, Fertile , Beltrami , Climax | |
The Sand Hill River is a 163 km long right tributary of the Red River of the North in the US state of Minnesota .
River course
The upper reaches of the Sand Hill River is dammed from Sand Hill Dam to Sand Hill Lake . Below this, the Sand Hill River flows mainly in a westerly direction. Almost the entire course of the river is in Polk County . Only a short section of the river east of Rindal is in the neighboring counties Mahnomen and Norman . US Highway 59 crosses the river south of Winger . The Sand Hill River flows south around the community of Fertile . From the confluence of Kittleson Creek 10 km west of Fertile, the Sand Hill River is channeled for a distance of 27 km. He passes the town of Beltrami to the south . For the lower 25 km, the Sand Hill River flows in its natural river bed. It initially flows north, passes the village of Climax and finally flows a few kilometers further west into the Red River of the North. At Climax, 6 km above the mouth, US Highway 75 crosses the river.
In the middle and lower reaches of the Sand Hill River on the sections that are not canalised, the behavior is strongly meandering with countless river loops and oxbow lakes. On these sections it is mostly flanked by a narrow belt of alluvial forest .
Hydrology
The catchment area of the Sand Hill River covers approximately 1230 km². It consists mainly of prairie . There are innumerable irrigated agricultural areas in the western catchment area. The annual outflows fluctuate very strongly. The (long-term) mean discharge at the gauge at Climax is 2.6 m³ / s. In April, the Sand Hill River usually carries the largest amount of water with an average of 11.2 m³ / s.