Clearwater River (Red Lake River tributary)

Clearwater River
Mouth of the Clearwater River
Location
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
Region	Red River Valley
Cities	Bagley, Minnesota, Plummer, Minnesota, Red Lake Falls, Minnesota
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Western Clearwater County, Minnesota[1]
• coordinates	47.4805135°N 95.5689108°W / 47.4805135; -95.5689108
• elevation	1,440 ft (440 m)
Mouth	Red Lake River[2]
• location	Red Lake Falls, Minnesota[2]
• coordinates	47.8938569°N 96.2828256°W / 47.8938569; -96.2828256
• elevation	955 ft (291 m)
Basin size	1,385 sq mi (3,590 km^2)[1]
Basin features
River system	Nelson River basin
Tributaries
• left	Ruffy Brook, Lost River,[1] Terrebonne Creek, Beau Gerlot Creek, Lower Badger Creek[1]
• right	Walker Brook, Butcher Knife Creek

The Clearwater River is a 147-mile-long (237 km)^[3] tributary of the Red Lake River of Minnesota in the United States. Via the Red Lake River, the Red River of the North, Lake Winnipeg, and the Nelson River, it is part of the Hudson Bay watershed.^[4]

"Clearwater" is an English translation of the native Ojibwe language name.^[5]

See also

• List of rivers of Minnesota
• List of longest streams of Minnesota

References

1. "Clearwater River - Minnesota Pollution Control Agency". Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
2. "Rapid Watershed Assessment Clearwater (MN) HUC: 09020305" (PDF). United States Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
3. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, accessed June 8, 2011
4. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clearwater River
5. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 121.

• Minnesota Watersheds
• USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974)