The Egg River is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed June 8, 2011 tributary of the
Otter Tail River
The Otter Tail River (Ojibwe: ''Nigigwaanowe-ziibi'') is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 8, 2011 river in the west-central portion of the U.S. state of Minnesota. I ...
of
Minnesota in the
United States. It flows through a chain of lakes in the
Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge
Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge of the United States. It lies in the glacial lake country of northwestern Minnesota in Becker County, northeast of Detroit Lakes. It was established in 1938 as a refuge breeding gr ...
and the
White Earth Indian Reservation in
Becker County, Minnesota.
Egg River, as well as the Egg Lakes through which it flows, is an English translation of the original
Ojibway word for the stream and proximate habitat, once characterized as a nesting area for water-loving birds.
See also
*
List of rivers of Minnesota
References
Minnesota Watersheds*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974)
Rivers of Minnesota
Rivers of Becker County, Minnesota
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