Yellow Medicine River, Minnesota (MN), United States
Facts & Statistics
Place Name
Yellow Medicine River
Place Status (Type)
river
Location
Lincoln County, Minnesota (MN), United States, North America
Latitude
44°24'N
Longitude
96°21'W
Yellow Medicine River
, c.100 mi/161 km
long, SW Minn.; rises in Lincoln co. near S.Dak. state line; flows NE
through L. Shaokatan reservoir, past Ivanhoe and Hanley Falls, to
Minnesota R. 8 mi/12.9 km SE of Granite Falls;
44°24'N 96°21'W. North Branch Yellow Medicine R.,
c.40 mi/64 km long; rises in W Lincoln co.,
7 mi/11.3 km W of Ivanhoe; flows NE for most
of its course, turning SE at Porter to enter Yellow Medicine R. South
Branch Yellow Medicine R., c.55 mi/89 km long;
rises in central Lincoln co., 7 mi/11.3 km SSW
of Ivanhoe; flows generally NE in very serpentine course, to SE of
Ivanhoe and past Minneota to Yellow Medicine R.
4 mi/6.4 km NE of Minneota.
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