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Sand Creek (Minnesota River tributary)

Coordinates: 44°44′53″N 93°36′50″W / 44.74806°N 93.61389°W / 44.74806; -93.61389
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Sand Creek
Sand Creek (Minnesota River tributary) is located in Minnesota
Sand Creek (Minnesota River tributary)
Mouth of the Sand Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountiesLe Sueur, Scott
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMontgomery, Minnesota
 • coordinates44°28′44″N 93°33′26″W / 44.4788522°N 93.5571747°W / 44.4788522; -93.5571747
Mouth 
 • location
Jordan, Minnesota
 • coordinates
44°44′53″N 93°36′50″W / 44.74806°N 93.61389°W / 44.74806; -93.61389
Basin features
River systemMinnesota River

Sand Creek is a 36.6-mile-long (58.9 km)[1] tributary of the Minnesota River in Le Sueur and Scott counties, Minnesota, United States.[2] It rises at the outlet of Lake Sanborn, 2 miles (3 km) northeast of the city of Montgomery, and flows north past New Prague, entering the Minnesota River just north of Jordan.

Sand Creek was so named on account of the white sandstone rock formations near the creek.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 5, 2012
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sand Creek
  3. ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 510.
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