Tamarac River (Red River of the North tributary)
Appearance
Tamarac River | |
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Country | United States |
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• location | Minnesota |
The Tamarac River is an 82.1-mile-long (132.1 km)[1] tributary of the Red River of the North, flowing entirely within Marshall County, Minnesota, in the United States.[2]
Tamarac River was named for the tamarac tree, via the English translation of the native Ojibwe-language name.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 8, 2011
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tamarac River
- ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 331.
- Minnesota Watersheds
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974)
48°29′23″N 97°07′50″W / 48.48971°N 97.13063°W