The Partridge River
and its
tributary
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the Little Partridge River are small
river
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s in
rural
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west-central
Minnesota
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in the
United States
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. The Partridge is a tributary of the
Crow Wing River
The Crow Wing River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed November 29, 2012 tributary of the Mississippi River in Minnesota, United States. The river rises at an elevation ...
,
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
accessed December 26, 2012 via which it is part of the
Mississippi River
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watershed
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* Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
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.
Course
The Partridge River rises in
Bertha Township north of the town of
Eagle Bend on The Harren Farm in northwestern
Todd County and flows generally northeastwardly into southeastern
Wadena County, past the town of
Aldrich. It joins the Crow Wing River in
Thomastown Township, about north-northwest of the town of
Staples and about downstream of the mouth of the
Leaf River.
Its largest tributary is the Little Partridge River, which rises west of Eagle Bend in
Wykeham Township in Todd County and flows northeastwardly,
[ parallel to the uppermost stretch of the Partridge River, which it joins in Bartlett Township.
]
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
Rivers of Minnesota
Rivers of Todd County, Minnesota
Rivers of Wadena County, Minnesota
Tributaries of the Mississippi River
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