Shell Rock River

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Shell Rock River
Data
Water code US :  461563
location Minnesota , Iowa (USA)
River system Mississippi River
Drain over Cedar River  → Iowa River  → Mississippi River  → Gulf of Mexico
Beginning Outflow from Albert Lea Lake , approximately 2 miles north of Glenville , Freeborn County , Minnesota
43 ° 36 ′ 42 "  N , 93 ° 17 ′ 37"  W
Source height 368  m
muzzle Cedar River, southwest of Janesville , Black Hawk County , Iowa Coordinates: 42 ° 38 ′ 3 "  N , 92 ° 30 ′ 5"  W 42 ° 38 ′ 3 "  N , 92 ° 30 ′ 5"  W
Mouth height 265  m
Height difference 103 m
Bottom slope 0.57 ‰
length 182 km

The Shell Rock River is a 182 km long river the US -amerikanischen states Minnesota and Iowa . Its course begins about two miles north of Glenville , Freeborn County , Minnesota with the Albert Lea Lake drain . It ends at its confluence with the Cedar River , about 4 km southwest of Janesville , Black Hawk County , Iowa.

Towns and counties on the Grand River (in the direction of the river)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey - Albert Lea Lake.Retrieved January 11, 2015
  2. ^ A b Geographic Names Information System des United States Geological Survey - Shell Rock River. Retrieved January 11, 2015