The Turtle River is a
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A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...
of the
Red River of the North
The Red River (french: rivière Rouge or ) is a river in the north-central United States and central Canada. Originating at the confluence of the Bois de Sioux and Otter Tail rivers between the U.S. states of Minnesota and North Dakota, it fl ...
in northeastern
North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the Native Americans in the United States, indigenous Dakota people, Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north a ...
in the United States. It flows for almost its entire length in
Grand Forks County. Via the Red River,
Lake Winnipeg
Lake Winnipeg (french: Lac Winnipeg, oj, ᐑᓂᐸᑲᒥᐠᓴᑯ˙ᑯᐣ, italics=no, Weenipagamiksaguygun) is a very large, relatively shallow lake in North America, in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Manitoba, Canada. I ...
and the
Nelson River
The Nelson River is a river of north-central North America, in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The river drains Lake Winnipeg and runs before it ends in Hudson Bay. Its full length (including the Saskatchewan River and Bow River) is , it ...
, the Turtle River is part of the
watershed
Watershed is a hydrological term, which has been adopted in other fields in a more or less figurative sense. It may refer to:
Hydrology
* Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
* Drainage basin, called a "watershe ...
of
Hudson Bay
Hudson Bay ( crj, text=ᐐᓂᐯᒄ, translit=Wînipekw; crl, text=ᐐᓂᐹᒄ, translit=Wînipâkw; iu, text=ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᐃᓗᐊ, translit=Kangiqsualuk ilua or iu, text=ᑕᓯᐅᔭᕐᔪᐊᖅ, translit=Tasiujarjuaq; french: b ...
.
Course
The Turtle rises as two streams, the North Branch, which begins as an intermittent stream in eastern
Nelson County, and the South Branch; the two converge near the town of
Larimore. The river flows generally eastward in a highly
meander
A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the channel of a river or other watercourse. It is produced as a watercourse erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank ( cut bank) and deposits sediments on an inner, convex bank ...
ing course through
Turtle River State Park
Turtle River State Park is a public recreation area occupying on the Turtle River, north of the community of Arvilla in Grand Forks County, North Dakota. Park activities include camping, cross-country skiing, fishing, hiking, and mountain b ...
and past the
Grand Forks Air Force Base
Grand Forks Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force installation in northeastern North Dakota, located north of Emerado and west of Grand Forks.
The host unit is the 319th Reconnaissance Wing (319 RW) assigned to the Air Combat C ...
; it turns northward as it nears the Red River and flows through the town of
Manvel before entering the Red just upstream of
Oslo, Minnesota
Oslo ( ) is a city in Marshall County, Minnesota, Marshall County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 239 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census.
Minnesota State Highway 1, Minnesota Highway 1 and Minnesota State Highway 220, ...
.
See also
*
List of North Dakota rivers
This is a list of rivers in the state of North Dakota in the United States.
Alphabetically
*Bois de Sioux River
*Cannonball River
* Cedar Creek
*Cut Bank Creek
* Deep River
*Des Lacs River
*Elm River (North Dakota), tributary of Red River of the N ...
*
List of tributaries of Hudson Bay
This list of Hudson Bay rivers includes the principal rivers draining into the Hudson, James and Ungava bays of the Arctic Ocean. The total surface area of the Hudson Bay watershed is about , with a mean discharge of about . The Hudson Bay drai ...
References
External links
*
Turtle River State Park website
Bodies of water of Grand Forks County, North Dakota
Rivers of North Dakota
Tributaries of the Red River of the North
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