Jump to content

Redeye River

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by InternetArchiveBot (talk | contribs) at 04:45, 13 April 2018 (Rescuing 2 sources and tagging 0 as dead. #IABot (v1.6.5)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Template:Geobox The Redeye River is a tributary of the Leaf River, 73 miles (117 km) long, in central Minnesota in the United States. Via the Leaf and Crow Wing Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 222 square miles (575 km²) in a rural region. The river's name comes from the Native Americans of the area, who saw many red-eye fish in the river.[1]

Geography

The Redeye River rises in a morainic region,[2] issuing from Wolf Lake in Toad Lake Township in southeastern Becker County. It flows generally southeastwardly through northeastern Otter Tail and central Wadena Counties, through the city of Sebeka, and enters the Leaf River in Bullard Township in southeastern Wadena County,[3] eight miles (13 km) upstream of the Leaf River's mouth at the Crow Wing River.[4] The river's course is within the North Central Hardwood Forest ecoregion, which is characterized by hardwood forests of maple and basswood mixed with conifers, on outwash plains and moraines amid flat glacial lakes.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Upham, Warren. "Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia". Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
  2. ^ Waters, Thomas F. (2006). "The Crow Wing: Oxcart to Canoe". The Streams and Rivers of Minnesota. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. pp. 184–194. ISBN 0-8166-0960-8.
  3. ^ Minnesota Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme. 1994. pp. 53, 60–61. ISBN 0-89933-222-6.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference USGS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Upper Mississippi River Basin". Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. 2000. pp. Upper Mississippi River Basin Water Quality Plan, Headwaters to the Rum River – Anoka, Section III: Upper Mississippi River Basin. Archived from the original on 2007-06-18. Retrieved 2007-06-17. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)