Swan River (central Minnesota)
Appearance
Swan River (central Minnesota) | |
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Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Big Swan Lake |
Mouth | |
• location | Mississippi River |
• elevation | 1,082 ft (330 m) |
Length | 37 mi (60 km) |
The Swan River is a 37.0-mile-long (59.5 km)[1] tributary of the Mississippi River that flows through Todd and Morrison counties of the U.S. state of Minnesota. It passes through Swanville and Sobieski before entering the Mississippi 4 miles (6 km) south of the city of Little Falls.
Swan River is the English translation of the native Ojibwe language name given for two types of swans seen in the area: the trumpeter swan and the whistling swan.[2]
See also
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed November 29, 2012
- ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 356.
- Minnesota Watersheds
- USGS Geographic Names Information Service
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974)