Vermilion River (Crane Lake)

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Vermilion River
Data
Water code US662718
location Minnesota (USA)
River system Nelson River
Drain over Rainy River  → Winnipeg River  → Nelson River  → Hudson Bay
origin Vermilion Lake
47 ° 57 ′ 40 "  N , 92 ° 28 ′ 33"  W.
Source height 420  m
muzzle Crane Lake Coordinates: 48 ° 16 ′ 33 "  N , 92 ° 30 ′ 24"  W 48 ° 16 ′ 33 "  N , 92 ° 30 ′ 24"  W.
Mouth height 339  m
Height difference 81 m
Bottom slope approx. 1.4 ‰
length approx. 60 km
Catchment area approx. 2350 km²
Discharge at gauge near Crane Lake
A Eo : 2,343.9 km²
MQ 1979/2003
Mq 1979/2003
18 m³ / s
7.7 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries Pelican River

The Vermilion River is a river in the northeast of the US state Minnesota .

The Vermilion River forms the outflow of Vermilion Lake . It leaves this at Vermilion Dam and flows mainly north through St. Louis County to Crane Lake . It takes up the Pelican River , a tributary coming from the left, and covers a distance of about 60 km. Crane Lake is connected to Sand Point Lake via the King William Narrows and flows off via the lake system of Namakan Lake and Rainy Lake . Vermilion Lake drains an area of ​​approximately 2350 km². Its mean discharge is 18 m³ / s.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Vermilion Lake in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
  2. ^ Vermilion River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
  3. a b Vermilion River at the gauge near Crane Lake - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET