Minnesota River
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In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Minnesota River is referenced by 782 other articles, and connects out to Saint Paul, Pipestone County and Big Stone County.
The entry is geolocated on the map in MN, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Minnesota River, Regions of Minnesota and Rivers of Big Stone County, Minnesota.
Its subject is documented across 37 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Native name
- Wakpá Mnísota ( Dakota )
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- Cities
- Bloomington, MN , Eden Prairie, MN , Mankato, MN , Shakopee, MN , Burnsville, MN , Eagan, MN , Le Sueur, MN
- Source
- Big Stone Lake
- Location
- Big Stone Lake , Big Stone County , MN
- Coordinates
- 45°18′10″N 96°27′07″W / 45.30278°N 96.45194°W / 45.30278; -96.45194
- Elevation
- 964 ft (294 m)
- Mouth
- Mississippi River
- Length
- 370 mi (600 km)
- Basin size
- 17,000 sq mi (44,000 km )
- Average
- 8,356 cu ft/s (236.6 m /s) .
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Dakota County
- Image
- MendotaBridge8.jpg
- Length
- 534
Show 7 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Minnesota River
- Commons category
- Minnesota River
- lake on watercourse
- Big Stone Lake
- mouth of the watercourse
- Mississippi River
- watershed area
- 44000
- origin of the watercourse
- Big Stone Lake
- discharge
- 125
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Encyclopedic overview
Minnesota River, Mankato, Minnesota
The Minnesota River (Dakota: Mnísota Wakpá) is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 332 miles (534 km) long, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It drains a watershed of 14,751 square miles (38,200 km) in Minnesota and about 2,000 sq mi (5,200 km) in South Dakota and Iowa.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Minnesota River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations