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Okabena Creek

Okabena Creek is a 40-mile-long (64 km)[1] waterway in southern Minnesota.[2] 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, 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.[3][4][5]

Okabena Creek
Mouth of the Okabena Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountyJackson County, Nobles County
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationReading, Minnesota
 • coordinates43°41′18″N 95°41′09″W / 43.6882973°N 95.6858447°W / 43.6882973; -95.6858447
Mouth 
 • location
Okabena, Minnesota
 • coordinates
43°44′18″N 95°15′46″W / 43.73833°N 95.26278°W / 43.73833; -95.26278
Length40-mile-long (64 km)
Basin features
River systemDes Moines River

Okabena is the Sioux-language word meaning "Heron Lake".[6]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 26, 2011
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Okabena Creek
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Okabena Creek
  4. ^ "Minnesota Watersheds". Minnesota DNR. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  5. ^ USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974). USGS. 1976.
  6. ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 264.

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