| Long Prairie River | |
|---|---|
 The Long Prairie River in Moran Township in Todd County in 2007 | |
  Location of mouth | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Morrison, Cass, Todd, Douglas |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Lake Carlos |
| • location | Carlos Township, Douglas County |
| • coordinates | 45°58′58″N 95°19′59″W / 45.98278°N 95.33306°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,353 ft (412 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Crow Wing River |
• location | Motley Township, Morrison County |
• coordinates | 46°19′27″N 94°36′46″W / 46.32417°N 94.61278°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,207 ft (368 m)[2] |
| Length | 96 mi (154 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 892 sq mi (2,310 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Long Prairie[5] |
| • average | 166 cu ft/s (4.7 m3/s)[5] |
| • minimum | 0.84 cu ft/s (0.024 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 3,270 cu ft/s (93 m3/s) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Motley, MN |
| • average | 255 cu/ft. per sec.[6] |
The Long Prairie River is a tributary of the Crow Wing River, 96 miles (154 km) long,[3] in central Minnesota in the United States. Via the Crow Wing River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 892 square miles (2,310 km2) in a generally rural region.
- ^ a b "Geographic Names Information System entry for Long Prairie River (Feature ID #647141)". Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
- ^ a b Google Earth elevation for GNIS coordinates. Retrieved on 2007-06-17.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed December 26, 2012
- ^ "Upper Mississippi River Basin". Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. 2000. pp. Upper Mississippi River Basin Water Quality Plan, Headwaters to the Rum River - Anoka, Section III: Upper Mississippi River Basin. Archived from the original on 2007-06-18. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
- ^ a b Mitton, G. B.; K. G. Guttormson; G. W. Stratton; E. S. Wakeman. "Water Resources Data in Minnesota, Water Year 2005 Annual Report". United States Geological Survey. pp. Long Prairie River at Long Prairie, MN. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
- ^ "USGS Surface Water data for Minnesota: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics".