| Thief River | |
|---|---|
  Mouth of the Thief River | |
| Native name | Gimood-akiwi ziibi (Ojibwe) |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| Counties | Pennington and Marshall counties |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Thief Lake, Marshall County, Minnesota |
| • coordinates | 48°29′18″N 95°57′00″W / 48.488305°N 95.9500073°W |
| Mouth | |
• location | Thief River Falls, Pennington County, Minnesota |
• coordinates | 48°07′27″N 96°10′10″W / 48.1243°N 96.1695°W |
| Length | 40.3 mi-long (64.9 km) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Hudson Bay |
The Thief River is a 40.3-mile-long (64.9 km)[1] tributary of the Red Lake River in northwestern Minnesota in the United States. Via the Red Lake River, the Red River of the North, Lake Winnipeg and the Nelson River, it is part of the watershed of Hudson Bay.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 8, 2011