Yellow Medicine River
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The Yellow Medicine River is a tributary of the Minnesota River, Script error: No such module "convert". long, in southwestern Minnesota in the United States. Via the Minnesota River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of Script error: No such module "convert". in an agricultural region.
The Yellow Medicine River issues from Lake Shaokatan in Shaokatan Township in western Lincoln County, approximately Script error: No such module "convert". southwest of Ivanhoe, on the Coteau des Prairies, a morainic plateau dividing the Mississippi and Missouri River watersheds. It flows initially northeastwardly as an intermittent stream, past Ivanhoe. The stream flows off the Coteau in northeastern Lincoln County, dropping Script error: No such module "convert". in Script error: No such module "convert"., and turns east-northeastwardly, following a generally treeless course on till plains through northern Lyon County and eastern Yellow Medicine County, past Hanley Falls. It flows into the Minnesota River in Upper Sioux Agency State Park in Sioux Agency Township, approximately Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of Granite Falls, after dropping Script error: No such module "convert". in its final Script error: No such module "convert". in the Minnesota River valley.[1][2][3]
The Yellow Medicine River's largest tributaries are the North Branch Yellow Medicine River[4] and the South Branch Yellow Medicine River,[5] both of which flow for most of their lengths on the Coteau. The North Branch, Script error: No such module "convert". long, flows northeastwardly through northern Lincoln County, briefly entering Yellow Medicine County and passing through Porter. The South Branch, Script error: No such module "convert". long, flows northeastwardly through Lincoln County into northwestern Lyon County, past Minneota. Other tributaries of the Yellow Medicine include Spring Creek, Script error: No such module "convert". long, which flows eastwardly through Yellow Medicine County; and Mud Creek, Script error: No such module "convert". long, which flows eastwardly through western Yellow Medicine County into northwestern Lyon County.[6][2]
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency statistically combines the watershed of the Yellow Medicine River with that of Hawk Creek on the opposite bank of the Minnesota River, as well as small watersheds of nearby Minnesota River tributaries. According to the agency, 81% of the land in the Yellow Medicine-Hawk Creek watersheds is used for agriculture, with corn and soybeans being the predominant crops.[3]
In May 2008, 19 year-old Brandon Swanson went missing from Porter, Minnesota. It was and still is highly theorized that Brandon may have slipped and fallen into the river. However, even after an extensive search, nothing has been found.
Flow rate
At the United States Geological Survey's stream gauge near Granite Falls, Script error: No such module "convert". upstream from the river's mouth, the annual mean flow of the river between 1931 and 2005 was 142 cubic feet per second (4 m³/s). The highest recorded flow during the period was 17,200 ft³/s (487 m³/s) on April 10, 1969. Readings of zero were recorded on numerous days during several years.[7]
See also
References
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