Okabena Creek
| Okabena Creek | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Minnesota |
Okabena Creek is a 40-mile-long (64 km)[1] waterway in southern Minnesota.[2] It is a tributary, via the short Diversion Creek, of Heron Lake, the outlet of which flows to the Des Moines River. Okabena Creek begins in Worthington, Minnesota, connecting by a ditch to the outlet of Okabena Lake, then flows northeast past the towns of Brewster and Okabena to the Heron Lake/South Heron Lake system.
Okabena is the Sioux-language word meaning "Heron Lake".[3]
See also
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed May 26, 2011
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Okabena Creek
- ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 264.
- Minnesota Watersheds
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974)
43°44′18″N 95°15′46″W / 43.73833°N 95.26278°W
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