Buffalo River
The Buffalo River is a 139-mile-long tributary of the Red River of the North in western Minnesota in the United States. Via the Red River, Lake Winnipeg and the Nelson River, it is part of the watershed of Hudson Bay.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Minnesota, United States of America
- Also known as: “Buffalo River (Minnesota)”, “Pijihi”, and “Pijikiwi-zibi”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Georgetown and Argusville.
Georgetown
Village
Photo: Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions.Argusville
Buffalo River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Clay, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
47.08802° or 47° 5′ 17″ north
Longitude
-96.81619° or 96° 48′ 58″ west
Elevation
846 feet (258 metres)
Open location code
86V535QM+6G
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Buffalo River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Buffalo”
- Cebuano: “Buffalo River”
- French: “rivière Buffalo”
- French: “Rivière Buffalo”
- German: “Buffalo River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Buffalo”
- Spanish: “Río Buffalo (Minnesota)”
- Spanish: “Río Buffalo”
- Turkish: “Buffalo nehri”
- Turkish: “Buffalo Nehri”
- Venetian: “Buffalo”
- Welsh: “Afon Buffalo”
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Highlights include Hudson’s Bay Fur Trading Post Historical Marker and Sheyenne River.
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