Okabena Creek is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed May 26, 2011 waterway in southern
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 ...
. It is a tributary, via the short Diversion Creek, of Heron Lake, the outlet of which flows to the
Des Moines River. Okabena Creek begins in
Worthington, Minnesota
Worthington is a city in and the county seat of Nobles County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 13,947 at the time of the 2020 census.
The city's site was first settled in the 1870s as Okabena Station on a line of the Chicago, S ...
, connecting by a ditch to the outlet of Okabena Lake, then flows northeast past the towns of
Brewster and
Okabena to the Heron Lake/South Heron Lake system.
Okabena is the Sioux-language word meaning "
Heron Lake".
See also
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List of rivers of Minnesota
References
Rivers of Minnesota
Rivers of Nobles County, Minnesota
Rivers of Jackson County, Minnesota
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