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Main source | Minnesota |
The Wing River is a river of Minnesota. It is a tributary of the Rapid River.
Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwest, Great Lakes, 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 Rapid River is a river of Minnesota. It is a tributary of the Rainy River.
The Wing River is a 48.2-mile-long (77.6 km) tributary of the Leaf River in west-central Minnesota in the United States. Via the Leaf and Crow Wing rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. Wing River Township is named for the river.
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 Little Nokasippi River is a 13.8-mile-long (22.2 km) tributary of the Nokasippi River in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It joins the Nokasippi just 1.0 mile (1.6 km) upstream from that river's mouth at the Mississippi River.
The Platte River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in central Minnesota in the United States. It is 55.1 miles (88.6 km) long. Platte is a name derived from the French meaning "flat".
The Rush River is a 49.8-mile-long (80.1 km) tributary of the Mississippi River in western Wisconsin in the United States. It rises just north of Interstate 94 in St. Croix County near Baldwin and flows generally southwardly through Pierce County. It ends in Lake Pepin of the Mississippi River, about 1 mile (2 km) west of the village of Maiden Rock in Pierce County. The largest tributary is Lost Creek.
The Leaf River is a 43.6-mile-long (70.2 km) tributary of the Crow Wing River in west-central Minnesota in the United States. Via the Crow Wing, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed.
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 Baudette River is a short tributary of the Rainy River in northern Minnesota in the United States. Via the Rainy River, Lake of the Woods, the Winnipeg River, Lake Winnipeg and the Nelson River, it is part of the Hudson Bay watershed. It drains a flat region which was a prehistoric lake bed of glacial Lake Agassiz.
The Cat River is a 16.3-mile-long (26.2 km) tributary of the Crow Wing River in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is part of the Mississippi River drainage basin.
The Gull River is a 14.2-mile-long (22.9 km) tributary of the Crow Wing River in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Rising at the outlet of Gull Lake, it flows south through Cass and Crow Wing counties to the Crow Wing River 2 miles (3 km) southeast of Sylvan. It is part of the Mississippi River drainage basin.
The Little Pine River is a 29.7-mile-long (47.8 km) tributary of the Pine River of Minnesota in the United States. Via the Pine River it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. The Little Pine River begins in the northeast corner of Crow Wing County at the outlet of Little Pine Lake and flows southwest to its junction with the Pine River in Crow Wing State Forest.
The Little Tamarac River is a 14.2-mile-long (22.9 km) tributary of the Tamarac River of Minnesota in the United States. Via the Tamarac River, it is a tributary of Red Lake.
The Lost River is a 24.5-mile-long (39.4 km) tributary of the Tamarac River of northern Minnesota in the United States. Via the Tamarac River, it is a tributary of Red Lake.
The North Two River is a 22.4-mile-long (36.0 km) tributary of the Two River in central Minnesota. It is part of the Mississippi River watershed.
The Pine River is a 56.9-mile-long (91.6 km) tributary of the Mississippi River in northern Minnesota, United States.
The Rapid River is a river of Minnesota. It is a tributary of the Little Fork River.
The Tamarac River is a 21.3-mile-long (34.3 km) tributary of Red Lake in northern Minnesota in the United States.
Cedar Brook is a tributary of Cranbury Brook in Cranbury, New Jersey, United States.
Lake Washington is a lake located between Dassel and Darwin in Meeker County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.
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