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==Course== |
==Course== |
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The Turtle rises as two streams, the '''North Branch'''(source 48°05'24.6"N 97°56'23.0"W), which begins as an intermittent stream in eastern[[Nelson County, North Dakota|Nelson County]], and the '''South Branch'''(source 47°56'56.1"N 97°49'28.1"W); the two converge near the town of [[Larimore, North Dakota|Larimore]]. The river flows generally eastward in a highly [[meander]]ing course through [[Turtle River State Park]] and past the [[Grand Forks Air Force Base]]; it turns northward as it nears the Red River and flows through the town of [[Manvel, North Dakota|Manvel]] then under [[Interstate 29]], then 840 metres before the mouth the '''North Marais River''' splits off joining Red River just upstream of where the [[Forest River (North Dakota)|Forest river]] joins the '''Red River''', the '''Turtle River''' then joins the Red River Just Upstream of [[Oslo, Minnesota]]. |
The Turtle rises as two streams, the '''North Branch'''(source 48°05'24.6"N 97°56'23.0"W), which begins as an intermittent stream in eastern[[Nelson County, North Dakota|Nelson County]], and the '''South Branch'''(source 47°56'56.1"N 97°49'28.1"W); the two converge near the town of [[Larimore, North Dakota|Larimore]]. The river flows generally eastward in a highly [[meander]]ing course through [[Turtle River State Park]] and past the [[Grand Forks Air Force Base]]; it turns northward as it nears the Red River and flows through the town of [[Manvel, North Dakota|Manvel]] then under [[Interstate 29]], then 840 metres before the mouth the '''North Marais River''' splits off joining Red River just upstream of where the [[Forest River (North Dakota)|Forest river]] joins the '''Red River''', the '''Turtle River'''<ref name="sourage"> river data derived from Google Earth using data from American satellite imagery</ref> then joins the Red River Just Upstream of [[Oslo, Minnesota]]. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 21:43, 17 January 2024
The Turtle River is a 74.9-mile-long (120.5 km)[1] tributary of the Red River of the North in northeastern North Dakota in the United States. It flows for almost its entire length in Grand Forks County. Via the Red River, Lake Winnipeg and the Nelson River, the Turtle River is part of the watershed of Hudson Bay.
Course
The Turtle rises as two streams, the North Branch(source 48°05'24.6"N 97°56'23.0"W), which begins as an intermittent stream in easternNelson County, and the South Branch(source 47°56'56.1"N 97°49'28.1"W); the two converge near the town of Larimore. The river flows generally eastward in a highly meandering course through Turtle River State Park and past the Grand Forks Air Force Base; it turns northward as it nears the Red River and flows through the town of Manvel then under Interstate 29, then 840 metres before the mouth the North Marais River splits off joining Red River just upstream of where the Forest river joins the Red River, the Turtle River[2] then joins the Red River Just Upstream of Oslo, Minnesota.
See also
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 8, 2011
- ^ river data derived from Google Earth using data from American satellite imagery
External links
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Turtle River (North Dakota)
- Turtle River State Park website
48°10′26″N 97°08′49″W / 48.17389°N 97.14694°W
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