Big Fork River
The Big Fork River is a stream in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Starting in the Chippewa National Forest at Dora Lake, it flows for 168 mi into the Rainy River.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Achabani River”, “Bigfork River”, “Bowstring River”, “Busachabani River”, and “ビッグ・フォーク川”
Big Fork River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Koochiching, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
48.51662° or 48° 30′ 60″ north
Longitude
-93.71683° or 93° 43′ 1″ west
Elevation
1,073 feet (327 metres)
Open location code
86W8G78M+J7
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Big Fork River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Big Fork”
- Cebuano: “Big Fork River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر بيچ فورك”
- French: “rivière Big Fork”
- French: “Rivière Big Fork”
- Japanese: “ビッグフォーク川”
- Russian: “Биг-Форк”
- Ukrainian: “Біг-Форк”
- Venetian: “Big Fork”
- Welsh: “Afon Big Fork”
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