Tamarac River (Red River of the North)

Tamarac River (Red River of the North)
Basin
Main source Minnesota
Countries United States

The Tamarac River is an 82.1-mile-long (132.1 km)[1] tributary of the Red River of the North, flowing entirely within Marshall County, Minnesota, in the United States.

Tamarac River was named for the tamarac tree, via the English translation of the native Ojibwe-language name.[2]

See also

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. 331.

Coordinates: 48°29′23″N 97°07′50″W / 48.48971°N 97.13063°W / 48.48971; -97.13063


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