Whitewater River, Minnesota

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Whitewater River
North Fork Whitewater River (A. Mast, USGS)

North Fork Whitewater River (A. Mast, USGS )

Data
Water code US :  654108
location Minnesota (USA)
River system Mississippi River
Drain over Mississippi River  → Gulf of Mexico
confluence Middle Fork Whitewater River and
North Fork Whitewater River at Elba
44 ° 5 ′ 5 ″  N , 92 ° 1 ′ 19 ″  W
Source height 224  m
muzzle at Weaver in the Mississippi River coordinates: 44 ° 12 ′ 33 "  N , 91 ° 54 ′ 12"  W 44 ° 12 ′ 33 "  N , 91 ° 54 ′ 12"  W.
Mouth height 202  m
Height difference 22 m

Right tributaries South Fork Whitewater River
Whitewater River in the state park of the same name

Whitewater River in the state park of the same name

The Whitewater River (analogously: "white water river") is a tributary of the upper Mississippi River in Minnesota . It flows into Winona County across from Buffalo , Wisconsin . It drains a region known as the " Driftless Area of ​​Minnesota ". Cities on its course are Altura , Saint Charles and Elba . The area forms semi-forested areas, the good condition of which is obviously dependent on forest fires .

The North Fork Whitewater River flows through Wabasha , Olmsted and Winona Counties, with a "canalized length of 47 km".

The state maintains Whitewater State Park , which is located on the upper reaches of the main arm, on the middle arm, and on Trout Run Creek .

During the flood in the American Midwest in 2007 , the river exceeded its dikes and on August 18, 2007, flooded the city of Elba .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ North Fork Whitewater River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
  2. ^ Whitewater River in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
  3. ↑ 1993 Proceedings of the Midwest Oak Savanna Conferences " , EPA , accessed on 12 July 2007
  4. ↑ Mast, MA, and Turk, JT, 1999, "North Fork Whitewater River: Environmental characteristics and water quality of Hydrologic Benchmark Network stations in the Midwestern United States, 1963-95," US Geological Survey Circular 1173-B , accessed Dec. July 2007
  5. ↑ Basin Alliance for the Lower Mississippi in Minnesota, February 4, 2004 ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , accessed July 12, 2007 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.umbsn.org
  6. ^ Mark Steil: The town of Elba mucks out . Minnesota Public Radio. August 22, 2007. Retrieved March 8, 2011.