Minnesota River

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Big Stone Lake is the source of the Minnesota River, which flows 332 miles (534 km) to the Mississippi River.
Flow from the lake to the Minnesota River is regulated by the Big Stone Lake Dam, built in 1937 at the lake’s southern end.
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It [Minnesota River] flows southeast to Mankato, then turns northeast.
It [Minnesota River] joins the Mississippi at Mendota south of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, near the historic Fort Snelling.
It [Whetstone River] enters the Minnesota River at Ortonville, Minnesota, about 0.25 mi (0.4 km) after crossing the state line and just downstream of the Minnesota’s emergence from Big Stone Lake.

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Whetstone River

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Mississippi River

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Minnesota River (Wikipedia) The Minnesota River (Dakota: Mnísota Wakpá) is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 332 miles (534 km) long, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It drains a watershed of 14,751 square miles (38,200 km2) in Minnesota and about 2,000 sq mi (5,200 km2) in South Dakota and Iowa.