Platte River (Minnesota)

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This article is about the Platte River in Minnesota. For the larger river in Nebraska and other meanings, see Platte River (disambiguation)

The Platte River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in central Minnesota in the United States. It is about 48 mi (77 km) long. Two Rivers Campgrounds & Tubing offers tubing trips during summer on the length of the river south of the city of Royalton.

[edit] Course

The Platte flows from Platte Lake in southeastern Crow Wing County and follows a generally southwestward course through eastern Morrison County, past the towns of Harding and Royalton. It flows into the Mississippi River in Benton County, about 3 mi (5 km) south of Royalton.

The Platte's largest tributary is the Skunk River, which joins it in Morrison County.

[edit] See also

• List of Minnesota rivers

[edit] References

• Waters, Thomas F. (1977). The Streams and Rivers of Minnesota. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 0-8166-0960-8.