Clearwater River (Red Lake River tributary) facts for kids

Left: Ruffy Brook, <a href="/Lost_River_(Clearwater_River_tributary)" title="Lost River (Clearwater River tributary)">Lost River , Terrebonne Creek, Beau Gerlot Creek, Lower Badger Creek
Right: Walker Brook, Butcher Knife Creek

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Quick facts for kids Clearwater River
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
Region	Red River Valley
Cities	Bagley, Minnesota, Plummer, Minnesota, Red Lake Falls, Minnesota
Physical characteristics
Main source	Western Clearwater County, Minnesota 1,440 ft (440 m)
River mouth	Red Lake River Red Lake Falls, Minnesota 955 ft (291 m)
Basin features
River system	Nelson River basin
Basin size	1,385 sq mi (3,590 km²)
Tributaries	Left: Ruffy Brook, Lost River, Terrebonne Creek, Beau Gerlot Creek, Lower Badger Creek Right: Walker Brook, Butcher Knife Creek

The Clearwater River is a 147-mile-long (237 km) tributary of the Red Lake River of 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 Hudson Bay watershed.

"Clearwater" is an English translation of the native Ojibwe language name.

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