Zumbro River
| Zumbro River Rivière des Embarras | |
|---|---|
The North Fork of the Zumbro River in Zumbrota | |
| 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 |
| • 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 |
| 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 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.