Buffalo River | |
Pushpin Map: | Minnesota |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Mouth of the Buffalo River |
Source1 Location: | Tamarac Lake |
Source1 Coordinates: | 46.9197°N -95.685°W |
Mouth Location: | Red River of the North near Georgetown, Minnesota |
Mouth Elevation: | 853feet |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Minnesota |
Subdivision Type3: | Counties |
Subdivision Name3: | Clay, Becker |
Length: | 139miles |
Basin Size: | 1189sqmi |
The Buffalo River is a 139adj=midNaNadj=mid tributary of the Red River of the North in western Minnesota in the United States. Via the Red River, Lake Winnipeg and the Nelson River, it is part of the watershed of Hudson Bay. The river drains an area of .
The Buffalo River flows from Tamarac Lake in the Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge in central Becker County and flows generally westwardly into Clay County, past the towns of Hawley and Georgetown and through Buffalo River State Park. It flows into the Red River about 1miles west of Georgetown.
The river's largest tributary is the 71.8adj=midNaNadj=mid South Branch Buffalo River, which rises in western Otter Tail County and flows initially westward into northern Wilkin County, then northward into Clay County. It joins the main stem of the river near Glyndon, Minnesota.