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Minnesota has 6,564 natural rivers and streams that cumulatively flow for Template:Convert. The Mississippi River begins its journey from its headwaters at Lake Itasca and crosses the Iowa border Template:Cvt downstream. It is joined by the Minnesota River at Fort Snelling, by the St. Croix River near Hastings, by the Chippewa River at Wabasha, and by many smaller streams. The Red River, in the bed of glacial Lake Agassiz, drains the northwest part of the state northward toward Canada's Hudson Bay.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

By drainage basin (watershed)Edit

This list is arranged by drainage basin with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.<ref name=Watershed>Note: In North America, the term watershed is commonly used to mean a drainage basin, though in other English-speaking countries, it is used only in its original sense, that of a drainage divide.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The rivers and streams that flow through other states or Minnesota and other states are indicated, as well as the length of major rivers.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Great Lakes drainage basinEdit

Lake Superior drainage basinEdit

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Lake Superior drainage basin

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Mississippi River drainage basinEdit

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Mississippi River drainage basin

The Mississippi River is the longest river flowing through Minnesota. It originates in Lake Itasca and flows through Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

Upper Mississippi River (below St. Anthony Falls) drainage basinEdit

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St. Croix River drainage basinEdit

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St. Croix River drainage basin

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Minnesota River drainage basinEdit

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Minnesota River drainage basin

The Minnesota River is the longest river that is entirely within Minnesota. Template:Tree list

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Upper Mississippi River, Headwaters region (above St. Anthony Falls) drainage basinEdit

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Hudson Bay drainage basinEdit

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Hudson Bay drainage basin

The Red River of the North is the second longest river flowing through Minnesota. It forms the border with North Dakota and flows north to Manitoba, Canada. Template:Tree list

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Red River of the North drainage basinEdit

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Red River of the North drainage basin

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Lake of the Woods drainage basinEdit

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AlphabeticallyEdit

Below is a list of 495 of the 6,564 rivers in Minnesota in alphabetical order. Sections of rivers marked with an * have been designated trout streams by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Alphabetical list of rivers
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See alsoEdit

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ReferencesEdit

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  • USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – State of Minnesota (DOI: 1974), published: 1976
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