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The Snake River is a tributary of the Red River of the North in northwestern Minnesota in the United States. It is one of three streams in Minnesota with this name (see Snake River (Minnesota)).[1]

Snake River
Location of mouth
Location
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Marshall County, Polk County
Physical characteristics
Length	91 mi (146 km)

Snake River is the English translation of the native Ojibwe-language name.[2]

Course

The Snake River is 91.0 miles (146.5 km) long[3] and with its tributaries drains a 1,324-square-mile (3,430 km²) area. It flows for its entire length on the old lake bed of glacial Lake Agassiz, mostly in western Marshall County but also through a small portion of northwestern Polk County. After initially flowing southwestwardly from its headwaters, the Snake turns westward and collects a short tributary, the South Branch Snake River, and passes the towns of Warren and Alvarado. Downstream of Alvarado, the Snake turns north-northwestward, paralleling the Red River in the Red River Valley. Much of the river's course through the valley has been straightened and channelized. It collects the Middle River upstream of its confluence with the Red in Fork Township.

See also

• List of Minnesota rivers

References

• Waters, Thomas F. (1977). The Streams and Rivers of Minnesota. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 0-8166-0960-8.

External links

• Snake River on the USGS National Map

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