Middle River (Minnesota)

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Middle River
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Mouth of the Middle River
Location
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Marshall County
Physical characteristics
Source 
  coordinates 48°24′44″N96°00′54″W / 48.4121932°N 96.0150143°W / 48.4121932; -96.0150143
Mouth  
  coordinates
48°22′17″N97°04′47″W / 48.37139°N 97.07972°W / 48.37139; -97.07972
Length96 mi (154 km)
Basin features
ProgressionMiddle River→ Snake RiverRed River of the NorthLake WinnipegNelson RiverHudson Bay
River system Snake River

The Middle River is a tributary of the Snake River in northwestern Minnesota in the United States. It flows for its entire length in Marshall County. [1]

Contents

Middle River was so named from its location at the midpoint of the Pembina Trail. [2]

Course

The Middle River is 96 miles (154 km) long [3] and drains an area of 324 square miles (840 km2). It rises near the town of Middle River and flows generally westwardly past the towns of Newfolden and Argyle. At Old Mill State Park the river crosses an old beach of glacial Lake Agassiz. Much of the Middle River's lower course through the Red River Valley has been straightened and channelized; for approximately its final 10 miles (16 km), the Middle has been routed to flow due west in a straight line. It joins the Snake River not far upstream of that river's confluence with the Red River of the North. [4] [5]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Middle River (Minnesota)
  2. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p.  331.
  3. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine , accessed June 8, 2011
  4. Waters, Thomas F. (1977). The Streams and Rivers of Minnesota. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. p. 107. ISBN   0816609608.
  5. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Old Mill State Park