Sleepy Eye Creek
| Sleepy Eye Creek | |
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| Country | United States |
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| • location | Minnesota |
Sleepy Eye Creek is a 51.8-mile-long (83.4 km)[1] tributary of the Cottonwood River of Minnesota, the United States.[2] Via the Cottonwood River, its water flows to the Minnesota River and eventually the Mississippi River.
Sleepy Eye Creek was named for Chief Sleepy Eye.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 5, 2012
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sleepy Eye Creek
- ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 72.
External links
[edit]- Minnesota Watersheds
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974)
44°15′12″N 94°46′22″W / 44.25333°N 94.77278°W
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