Little Knife River (St. Louis County, Minnesota)

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Little Knife River (West)
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The Little Knife River (West) is a 7.4-mile-long (11.9 km) [1] river in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. It is a tributary of the Knife River. A second Little Knife River flows into the Knife River from the east, in Lake County.

St. Louis County, Minnesota County in the United States

St. Louis County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2010 census, the population was 200,226. Its county seat is Duluth. It is the largest county by total area in Minnesota, and the largest in the United States east of the Mississippi River.

Minnesota State of the United States of America

Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwest and northern regions of the United States. Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd U.S. state on May 11, 1858, created from the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory. The state has a large number of lakes, and is known by the slogan the "Land of 10,000 Lakes". Its official motto is L'Étoile du Nord.

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Coordinates: 46°56′43″N91°48′33″W / 46.9452135°N 91.8090685°W / 46.9452135; -91.8090685 [2]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite , accessed May 7, 2012
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Knife River


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