Pine Creek (Mississippi River tributary)
Pine Creek is a 23.7-mile-long (38.1 km)[1] tributary of the Mississippi River in Winona and Houston counties, Minnesota, United States. Pine Creek joins the Mississippi southeast of La Crescent, Minnesota, directly across from La Crosse, Wisconsin.
| Pine Creek | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Minnesota |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 43°48′20″N 91°17′58″W |
Pine Creek was named for the white pine trees near its banks.[2]
See also
References
- U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 7, 2012
- Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 241.
- Minnesota Watersheds
- USGS Geographic Names Information Service
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.