Marsh_River_(Minnesota)

Marsh River (Minnesota)

Marsh River (Minnesota)

River in the United States

The Marsh River, located in Minnesota, is a 49.9-mile-long (80.3 km)[1] tributary of the Red River of the North. It rises less than 600 feet (180 m) from the Wild Rice River, east of the city of Ada, and flows generally northwest, entering the Red River 2 miles (3 km) northwest of Shelly. The Marsh River flows entirely within Norman County.[2]

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Marsh River was named for the wetlands near the stream.[3]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed June 8, 2011
  2. [2]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Marsh River
  3. [3]
    Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 384.

47.46997°N 96.86036°W / 47.46997; -96.86036



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