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 | |
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Mouth of the Okabena Creek | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Jackson County, Nobles County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Reading, Minnesota |
| • coordinates | 43.6882973°N 95.6858447°W / 43.6882973; -95.6858447 |
| Mouth | |
• location | Okabena, Minnesota |
• coordinates | 43°44′18″N 95°15′46″W |
| Length | 40-mile-long (64 km) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Des Moines River |
Okabena is the Sioux-language word meaning "Heron Lake".[6]
Minnesota tributaries of the Upper Mississippi River below St Anthony Falls | |
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| Minnesota River | |
| St. Croix River |
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| Cannon River |
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| Zumbro River |
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| Whitewater River |
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| Root River |
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| Upper Iowa River (Iowa, Minnesota) |
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| Iowa River (Iowa) | |
| Des Moines River (Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri) |
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| Missouri River (Missouri, Iowa) |
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| Other rivers and streams |
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| Streams by region |
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See also: List of rivers of Minnesota, North Shore Streams, Wisconsin rivers, Iowa rivers, North Dakota rivers | |
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