Hawk Creek is a
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accessed October 5, 2012 tributary of the
Minnesota River
The Minnesota River () is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 332 miles (534 km) long, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It drains a watershed of in Minnesota and about in South Dakota and Iowa.
It rises in southwestern ...
in
Kandiyohi,
Chippewa, and
Renville Renville may refer to:
Places in the United States
* Renville, Minnesota
* Renville County, Minnesota
* Renville County, North Dakota
Renville County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 United ...
counties,
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 ...
, United States. It begins at the outlet of Foot Lake in
Willmar and flows southwest, passing the cities of
Raymond
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,
Clara City, and
Maynard. Turning south, it reaches the Minnesota River southeast of
Granite Falls.
One of Hawk Creek's tributaries is called the Chetamba Creek/River between Maynard, Sacred Heart, and Granite Falls.
"Hawk Creek" is an English translation of the native
Sioux language
Sioux is a Siouan language spoken by over 30,000 Sioux in the United States and Canada, making it the fifth most spoken Indigenous languages of the Americas, Indigenous language in the United States or Canada, behind Navajo language, Navajo, Cre ...
name.
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
Minnesota Watersheds*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974)
Rivers of Minnesota
Rivers of Kandiyohi County, Minnesota
Rivers of Chippewa County, Minnesota
Rivers of Renville County, Minnesota
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