The Couderay River is a
tributary
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of the
Chippewa River in northwestern
Wisconsin
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in the
United States
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. Via the Chippewa River, it is part of the
Mississippi River
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watershed
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Hydrology
* Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
* Drainage basin, an area of land where surface water converges (North American usage)
Music
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. It flows for its entire length in
Sawyer County. Its name is derived from the
French "Rivière des Courte Oreilles" (River of the "Short Ears").
Course
The Couderay River flows from
Lac Courte Oreilles and passes through Little Lac Courte Oreilles, the Billy Boy Flowage and the Grimh Flowage. It flows generally east-southeastwardly, through the
Lac Courte Oreilles Indian Reservation and past the communities of
Reserve,
Couderay
Couderay is a village in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States, along the Couderay River. The population was 81 at the 2020 census. The village is located within the Town of Couderay.
Couderay is home to Al Capone's northwoods hideaway, a ...
and
Radisson.
See also
*
List of Wisconsin rivers
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Notes
Rivers of Wisconsin
Rivers of Sawyer County, Wisconsin
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