Caribou River (Minnesota) facts for kids
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Looking upstream from the Superior Hiking Trail
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 Mouth of the Caribou River
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| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Lake County, Minnesota |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Main source | Cramer 47°35′18″N 91°01′28″W / 47.5882362°N 91.0243162°W |
| River mouth | Lake Superior 47°27′43″N 91°01′44″W / 47.461852°N 91.0287701°W |
| Length | 15.0-mile-long (24.1 km) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Lake Superior Drainage Basin |
| Waterfalls | Caribou Falls |
The Caribou River is a 15.0-mile-long (24.1 km) river in northern Minnesota, the United States. It rises in a swamp about .6 miles (1 km) south of Morris Lake and two miles (3.2 km) east of Echo Lake, near the Lake/Cook County line, at an altitude about 1620 feet (494 m) above sea level. It descends some 1,020 (311 m.) feet in elevation as it flows south to its mouth at Lake Superior, also near the eastern border of Lake County.
Habitat
The Caribou River is a designated trout stream with populations of brook and rainbow trout.
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