Platte River (Minnesota)

The river at the Crane Meadows National Wildlife Refuge

The Platte River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in central Minnesota in the United States.[1] It is 55.1 miles (88.6 km) long.[2] Platte is a name derived from the French meaning "flat".[3]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Platte River
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed November 29, 2012
  3. ^ Warren Upham (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 159.