| Wild Rice River | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Wildricerivermap.png) The Red River drainage basin, with both Wild Rice rivers highlighted | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:USA_Minnesota_relief_location_map.svg)  Mouth of the Wild Rice River | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| Counties | Norman County, Mahnomen County, Clearwater County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • coordinates | 47°23′03″N 95°18′30″W / 47.3841234°N 95.3083507°W |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 47°19′05″N 96°50′14″W / 47.3180°N 96.8373°W |
| Length | 183 miles (295 km) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Red River of the North |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | White Earth River |
The Wild Rice River is a tributary of the Red River of the North in northwestern Minnesota in the United States. It is 183 miles (295 km) long.[1] Via the Red River, Lake Winnipeg and the Nelson River, it is part of the watershed of Hudson Bay. It is one of two Red River tributaries with the same name, the other being the Wild Rice River of North Dakota.[2]
Wild Rice River is an English translation of the native Ojibwe language name.[3]
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- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 8, 2011
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wild Rice River
- ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 384.