Crow River (Minnesota) facts for kids

Crow River, Delano, Minnesota

The Crow River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in south-central Minnesota in the United States. It drains a watershed of 2,756 square miles (7,140 km²).

The North Fork of the Crow River was named by the Ojibwe Indians for the bird they called the "marauder of newly planted corn."

The north and south forks converge at Rockford to form the Crow River, which flows for 24.8 miles (39.9 km) northeastward to the Mississippi River.

The Crow flows through Greenfield, Hanover, St. Michael, Otsego and Dayton; it enters the Mississippi River from the south at the common boundary between Otsego and Dayton.

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  Crow River at Rockford, Minnesota