| Clearwater River | |
| Pushpin Map: | Minnesota |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Mouth of the Clearwater River |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Minnesota |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Red River Valley |
| Subdivision Type5: | Cities |
| Subdivision Name5: | Bagley, Minnesota, Plummer, Minnesota, Red Lake Falls, Minnesota |
| Source1 Location: | Western Clearwater County, Minnesota |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 47.4805°N -95.5689°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 1440feet |
| Mouth: | Red Lake River[1] |
| Mouth Location: | Red Lake Falls, Minnesota |
| Mouth Elevation: | 955feet |
| River System: | Nelson River basin |
| Basin Size: | 1385sqmi |
| Tributaries Left: | Ruffy Brook, Lost River,[2] Terrebonne Creek, Beau Gerlot Creek, Lower Badger Creek |
| Tributaries Right: | Walker Brook, Butcher Knife Creek |
The Clearwater River is a 147adj=midNaNadj=mid[3] 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.[4]