Elk River (Minnesota)
| Elk River | |
|---|---|
 The Elk River in Benton County in 2004 | |
  Location of mouth | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Benton |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 45°17′53″N 93°34′21″W / 45.2980205°N 93.5724605°W |
| Length | 84 mi (135 km) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Mississippi River |
The Elk River is an 84.0-mile-long (135.2 km)[1] river in east-central Minnesota in the United States.[2] It is a tributary of the Mississippi River, draining a watershed of 630 square miles (1,600 km2).[3][4]
Course
The Elk River rises in northern
At Big Lake, the river measures approximately 285 cubic feet per second.[8]
Tributaries
In Sherburne County's
See also
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed November 29, 2012
- ^ "Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry". Archived from the original on 2005-11-15. Retrieved 2006-01-29.
- ^ Renwick, Mary E., and Eden, Susanna (1999). Minnesota Rivers: A Primer. St. Paul: Water Resources Center, College of Natural Resources, University of Minnesota.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elk River
- ^ ISBN 0-89933-222-6
- ^ Nicollet, Joseph N. (1843). Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River.
- ISBN 0-8166-0960-8
- ^ "USGS Surface Water data for Minnesota: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics".
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Snake River
