| Redeye River | |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Minnesota |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of the Redeye River |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Minnesota |
| Length: | 73miles[1] |
| Source1: | Wolf Lake |
| Source1 Location: | Toad Lake Township, Becker County |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 46.8214°N -95.4183°W[2] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 1532feet[3] |
| Mouth: | Leaf River |
| Mouth Location: | Bullard Township, Wadena County |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 46.4861°N -94.885°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 1263feet |
| Basin Size: | 222sqmi |
The Redeye River is a tributary of the Leaf River, 73miles long, in central Minnesota in the United States. Via the Leaf and Crow Wing Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 222mi2 in a rural region. The river's name comes from the Native Americans of the area, who saw many red-eye fish in the river.[4]
The Redeye River rises in a morainic region,[5] issuing from Wolf Lake in Toad Lake Township in southeastern Becker County. It flows generally southeastwardly through northeastern Otter Tail and central Wadena Counties, through the city of Sebeka, and enters the Leaf River in Bullard Township in southeastern Wadena County,[6] 8miles upstream of the Leaf River's mouth at the Crow Wing River.[1] The river's course is within the North Central Hardwood Forest ecoregion, which is characterized by hardwood forests of maple and basswood mixed with conifers, on outwash plains and moraines amid flat glacial lakes.[7]