Hill River (Lost River)

For other uses, see Hill River.
Hill River (Lost River)
Basin
Main source Minnesota
Countries United States

The Hill River is a 60.8-mile-long (97.8 km)[1] tributary of the Lost River of western Minnesota in the United States. Via the Lost River, the Clearwater River, the Red Lake River, the Red River of the North, Lake Winnipeg, and the Nelson River, it is part of the Hudson Bay watershed.

Hill River was so named for the morainic hills in the area.[2]

See also

Coordinates: 47°50′04″N 96°02′51″W / 47.8344080°N 96.0475358°W / 47.8344080; -96.0475358[3]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 8, 2011
  2. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 425.
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hill River


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