The Lower Tamarack River is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed October 5, 2012 river in
Pine County near the eastern border of
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
, in the United States. It is a tributary of the
St. Croix River, which flows southwards to the
Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it f ...
.
The
Upper Tamarack River
The Upper Tamarack River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed October 5, 2012 tributary of the St. Croix River in Wisconsin and Minnesota, United States. The Lower Tamar ...
is a separate stream also flowing into the St. Croix River several miles upstream from the mouth of the Lower Tamarack River.
See also
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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 Snellin ...
*
List of longest streams of Minnesota
Out of the 6,564 streams that flow through the U.S. State of Minnesota, there are 114 streams that are at least 30 miles long. The second longest river in the United States, the Mississippi River, originates in Minnesota before flowing south t ...
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Tamarack River (disambiguation) The Tamarack River may refer to a water body in the United States:
* Tamarack River (Michigan), a tributary of the Middle Branch Ontonagon River in Iron and Gogebic counties on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
* Tamarack River (Minnesota), a tributa ...
References
Minnesota Watersheds*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974)
Rivers of Minnesota
Tributaries of the St. Croix River (Wisconsin–Minnesota)
Rivers of Pine County, Minnesota
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