The Ripple River is a small river of north-central
Minnesota
Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...
. The stream headwaters are at the outlet of
Bay Lake of eastern
Crow Wing County and it flows east and north to its confluence with the
Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the main stem, primary river of the largest drainage basin in the United States. It is the second-longest river in the United States, behind only the Missouri River, Missouri. From its traditional source of Lake Ita ...
on the north side of
Aitkin in
Aitkin County.
[ The river follows a circuitous route, with a total stream length of ;][U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
accessed December 26, 2012 while the direct distance between its source and mouth is approximately .[''Minnesota Atlas & Gazetteer,'' Delorme, 9th ed., 2016, p. 55 ]
See also
*List of rivers of Minnesota
Minnesota has 6,564 natural rivers and streams that cumulatively flow for . The Mississippi River begins its journey from its headwaters at Lake Itasca and crosses the Iowa border downstream. It is joined by the Minnesota River at Fort Snel ...
References
External links
Minnesota Watersheds
*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974)
Rivers of Minnesota
Tributaries of the Mississippi River
Rivers of Crow Wing County, Minnesota
Rivers of Aitkin County, Minnesota
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