Whitewater River (Minnesota)

North Fork Whitewater River ( A. Mast, USGS)

Whitewater River in the same State Park

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The Whitewater River ( mutatis mutandis: " wild river ") is a tributary of the upper Mississippi River in Minnesota. It ends in Winona County across from Buffalo in Wisconsin. Dehydrating a region that is known as " area of Minnesota Driftless ". Cities along its course are Altura, Saint Charles and Elba. The area is semi- wooded land, their good condition are obviously dependent on forest fires.

The North Fork Whitewater River flows through the counties of Wabasha, Olmsted and Winona Counties, " channelized length of 47 km ' with a.

The state maintains the Whitewater State Park, which is located at the headwaters of the main arm on the center arm, and at the Trout Run Creek.

With the flood in the American Midwest in 2007, the river exceeded its levees and flooded on August 18, 2007, the city of Elba.