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    (after Claude-Jean Allouez) Apple River (corruption of the French Rivière Pomme de Terre des Cygnes, which in turn is a translation from the Ojibwe Waabiziipinikaani-ziibi...
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    from Shields Lake near Shieldsville to Red Wing in the U.S. state of Minnesota, where it joins the Mississippi River. It drains a watershed approximately...
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    Little Sioux River (category Rivers of Minnesota)
    sale of French Louisiana to the United States, the river was known as the Rivière des Aiaouez meaning "River of the Ioways". The Little Sioux Valley was...
    7 KB (462 words) - 01:56, 19 June 2022
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    Zumbro River (category Rivers of Minnesota)
    700 km2). The river's name in English is a change from its French name Rivière des Embarras ("Obstruction River") due to its mouth near Pine Island in...
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    River Niangua River Little Niangua River Greasy Creek Pomme de Terre River Little Pomme de Terre River South Grand River Tebo Creek Big Creek Weaubleau...
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