| Zumbro River Rivière des Embarras | |
|---|---|
 The North Fork of the Zumbro River in Zumbrota | |
  Mouth of the Zumbro River | |
| Native name | Wapka Wazi Oju (Dakota) |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| Counties | Olmsted, Wabasha |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Zumbro Lake |
| • coordinates | 44°09′10″N 92°28′02″W / 44.1527433°N 92.4671246°W |
| Mouth | |
• location | Alma City, Minnesota |
• coordinates | 44°17′30″N 91°55′41″W / 44.2916319°N 91.9279396°W |
| Length | 64.6 miles (104.0 km) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Upper Mississippi River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | North Branch Middle Fork Zumbro River, North Fork Zumbro River, Spring Creek, Trout Brook[1] |
| • right | Fry Slough, Long Creek, Middle Creek, Middle Fork Zumbro River, Pine Slough, Silver Spring Creek, South Branch Middle Fork Zumbro River, South Fork Zumbro River, West Indian Creek[1] |
| Waterbodies | Zumbro Lake |
The Zumbro River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the Driftless Area of southeastern Minnesota in the United States. It is 64.6 miles (104.0 km) long[2] from the confluence of its principal tributaries and drains a watershed of 1,428 square miles (3,700 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 the Mississippi River; the pronunciation changed from [dez‿ɑ̃.ba.ʁɑ] to /zʊmbroʊ/. The Dakota name for this river is Wapka Wazi Oju (Pines Planted River), having reference to the grove of great white pines at Pine Island.[3][4]
- ^ a b "Zumbro River" (PDF). Minnesota DNR. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed October 4, 2012
- ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 559.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Zumbro River