Roseau River (Manitoba–Minnesota)

River in Manitoba, Canada and Minnesota, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Roseau River is a 214-mile-long (344 km)[1] tributary of the Red River of the North, in southern Manitoba in Canada and northwestern Minnesota in the United States. Via the Red River, Lake Winnipeg and the Nelson River, it is part of the watershed of Hudson Bay.[2]

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Roseau River
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The Red River drainage basin, with the Roseau River highlighted
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Roseau River (Manitoba–Minnesota)
Mouth of the Roseau River
Location
CountriesUnited States, Canada
State/ProvinceMinnesota, Manitoba
CountiesRoseau, Beltram, Lake of the Woods Counties, Minnesota
Physical characteristics
Source 
  coordinates48.5288662°N 95.2046877°W / 48.5288662; -95.2046877
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  coordinates
49°08′38″N 97°15′16″W
Length214-mile-long (344 km)
Basin features
ProgressionRoseau River→ Red River of the NorthLake WinnipegNelson RiverHudson Bay
River systemRed River of the North
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The name is from the French for reed, roseau, in turn from the Ojibwe Ga-shashagunushkokawi-sibi, "place-of-rushes river."[3]

The river flows through the Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation. It is also the namesake for the community of Roseau River in Manitoba.

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