Shell River (Crow Wing River)
| Shell River | ||
 The Shell River in the Straight River Township (2007) |
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| Data | ||
| location | Minnesota (USA) | |
| River system | Mississippi River | |
| Drain over | Crow Wing River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico | |
| origin |
Shell Lake , Carsonville Township , Becker County 46 ° 56 ′ 50 ″ N , 95 ° 24 ′ 39 ″ W |
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| Source height | 463 m | |
| muzzle |
Crow Wing River , Crow Wing Lake Township , Hubbard County Coordinates: 46 ° 48 '26 " N , 94 ° 53' 16" W 46 ° 48 '26 " N , 94 ° 53' 16" W. |
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| Mouth height | 415 m | |
| Height difference | 48 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.66 ‰ | |
| length | 73 km | |
| Drain |
MQ |
7 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Fish Hook River | |
| Right tributaries | Blueberry River | |
The Shell River is a 73 km long tributary of the Crow Wing River in the north of the US state Minnesota .
About the Crow Wing River it is part of the catchment area of the Mississippi River and drains a rural region.
The river takes its name from the shells that can be found along its course and at its source, Shell Lake.
geography
The Shell River rises from Shell Lake, about three miles southwest of Pine Point in Carsonville Township in east Becker County and flows first southeast through Smoky Hills State Forest into southwest Hubbard County and northwest Wadena County to Blueberry Lake , in which the Blueberry River flows into. From this lake the Shell River meanders through the counties of Wadena and Hubbard in an easterly direction through the Huntersville State Forest, where the Fish Hook River joins from the north. In the Crow Wing Lake Township in Hubbard County it finally flows into the Crow Wing River. The Shell River is the first major tributary of the Crow Wing River and, at the point of confluence, the more powerful. The average flow rate of the Shell River is 7 m³ / s, about three times the value of the Crow Wing River above the confluence.
The Shell River runs in the ecoregion of the northern lakes and forests, which are characterized by vegetation with coniferous plants and hardwood forests on flat and undulating ground moraine plains . The lower reaches of the river from Blueberry Lake can be canoeed and has a population of European pike that is sufficient for fishing . Shells are abundant at the bottom of the river, and the former Shell City community in Shell River Township was once the seat of a factory for buttons made from the shells.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Warren Upham: Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia. . Minnesota Historical Society . S. Wadena County: Shell River Township . Archived from the original on June 20, 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 24, 2007.
- ^ Minnesota Atlas & Gazetteer . DeLorme , Yarmouth, Me. 1994, ISBN 0-89933-222-6 , pp. 60-61.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
