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Country | United States |
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Main source | Minnesota |
The Sandy River is a river of Minnesota. It is a tributary of the Mississippi River.
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.
The Mississippi River is the largest river of the United States and the chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. Its source is Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota and it flows generally south for 2,320 miles (3,730 km) to the Mississippi River Delta in the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains all or parts of 32 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces between the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains. The main stem is entirely within the United States; the total drainage basin is 1,151,000 sq mi (2,980,000 km2), of which only about one percent is in Canada. The Mississippi ranks as the fourth-longest and fifteenth-largest river by discharge in the world. The river either borders or passes through the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
The Swan River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 60 mi (97 km) long, in northeastern Minnesota in the United States.
The Willow River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 45 mi (72 km) long, in northern Minnesota in the United States.
Sandy River may refer to:
Mille Lacs Indian Reservation is the popular name for the land-base for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe in Central Minnesota, about 100 miles (160 km) north of Minneapolis-St. Paul. The contemporary Mille Lacs Band reservation has significant land holdings in Mille Lacs, Pine, Aitkin and Crow Wing counties, as well as other land holdings in Kanabec, Morrison, and Otter Tail Counties. Mille Lacs Indian Reservation is also the name of a formal Indian reservation established in 1855. It is one of the two formal reservations on which the contemporary Mille Lacs Band retains land holdings. The contemporary Mille Lacs band includes several aboriginal Ojibwe bands and villages, whose members reside in communities throughout central Minnesota.
The Elk River is an 84.0-mile-long (135.2 km) river in east-central Minnesota in the United States. It is a tributary of the Mississippi River, draining a watershed of 630 square miles (1,600 km2).
The Nokasippi River is a 46.5-mile-long (74.8 km) tributary of the Mississippi River in central Minnesota in the United States. In the Ojibwe language, the river is called Nooke-ziibi. The term "tender" generally refers to the Bear Totem, but in this case refers to Chief Nokay, who was named after the Bear Totem and lived along the shores of Nokay Lake.
The Partridge River and its tributary the Little Partridge River are small rivers in rural west-central Minnesota in the United States. The Partridge is a 32.6-mile-long (52.5 km) tributary of the Crow Wing River, via which it is part of the Mississippi River watershed.
The Crow River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in south-central Minnesota in the United States. It drains a watershed of 2,756 square miles (7,140 km2).
Buffalo Creek is an 84.3-mile-long (135.7 km) river in central Minnesota. It is a tributary of the South Fork of the Crow River, which is a tributary of the Mississippi River.
The Deer River is a river of Minnesota. It is a tributary of the Mississippi River.
The Little Tamarack River is a tributary of the Tamarack River of Minnesota in the United States. After flowing into the Tamarack River, it flows into the Prairie River and then into the Big Sandy Lake.
The Little Willow River is a 26.2-mile-long (42.2 km) tributary of the Mississippi River in northern Minnesota, United States. It rises in western Aitkin County at the outlet of Esquagamah Lake and flows generally south to its junction with the Mississippi River 3 miles (5 km) northwest of Aitkin.
The Moose River is a river of Minnesota. It is a tributary of the Willow River.
The Prairie River is a river of Minnesota. The river is located in northern Minnesota, in northeast Aitkin County and southwest Saint Louis County.
The Prairie River is a river of Itasca County, Minnesota. The river is located in northern Minnesota, near the communities of Taconite, Bovey, Grand Rapids, and La Prairie. It is a tributary of the Mississippi River.
The Rabbit River is an 8.6-mile-long (13.8 km) tributary of the Mississippi River in northern Minnesota, United States. It rises at the outlet of Rabbit Lake, north of Crosby, and flows southwest through a chain of lakes past Ironton, joining the Mississippi River at the outlet of Little Rabbit Lake northwest of Riverton.
The Rice River is a 57.1-mile-long (91.9 km) tributary of the Mississippi River in northern Minnesota, United States. It rises in southeastern Aitkin County at the outlet of Porcupine Lake and flows generally north into Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge, where it turns west and flows to the Mississippi 5 miles (8 km) northeast of Aitkin.
The Tamarack River is a river in Aitkin and Carlton counties, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The river flows into the Prairie River, which then flows into the Big Sandy Lake.
The Turtle River is a river of Minnesota. It is a tributary of the Mississippi River.
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