The Partridge River and its tributary

Tributary

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...

 the Little Partridge River are small river

River

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Rural

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 west-central Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

 in the United States

United States

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. The Partridge is a tributary of the Crow Wing River

Crow Wing River

The Crow Wing River is a tributary of the Mississippi River approximately in length. The river arises in a chain of 11 lakes in southern Hubbard County, Minnesota and flows generally southeast, entering the Mississippi at Crow Wing State Park, northwest of Little Falls, Minnesota. Its name is a...

, via which it is part of the Mississippi River

Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains...

 watershed

Drainage basin

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Course

The Partridge River rises in Bertha Township

Bertha Township, Minnesota

Bertha Township is a township in Todd County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 397 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:...

 north of the town of Eagle Bend

Eagle Bend, Minnesota

Eagle Bend is a city in Todd County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 535 at the 2010 census.-History:Eagle bend was first settled in the early 1880s. The first pioneers were Kodi Dosdall, a merchant, and Jake Weishair, a farmer from eastern Kentucky. When O'Dell opened his general...

 in northwestern Todd County

Todd County, Minnesota

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 and flows generally northeastwardly into southeastern Wadena

Wadena County, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 13,713 people, 5,426 households, and 3,608 families residing in the county. The population density was 26 people per square mile . There were 6,334 housing units at an average density of 12 per square mile...

, past the town of Aldrich

Aldrich, Minnesota

Aldrich is a city in Wadena County, Minnesota, United States, along the Partridge River. The population was 48 at the 2010 census. The small community holds the distinction as the first permanent settlement in Wadena County and the first to establish a post office...

. It joins the Crow Wing River in Thomastown Township

Thomastown Township, Minnesota

Thomastown Township is a township in Wadena County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 714 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 42.0 square miles , of which, 41.0 square miles of it is land and...

, about 9 mi (14 km) north-northwest of the town of Staples

Staples, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 3,104 people, 1,278 households, and 732 families residing in the city. The population density was 684.5 people per square mile . There were 1,436 housing units at an average density of 316.7 per square mile...

 and about 1 mi (2 km) downstream of the mouth of the Leaf River

Leaf River (Minnesota)

The Leaf River is a tributary of the Crow Wing River, about 50 mi long, in west-central Minnesota in the United States. Via the Crow Wing, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed.-Course:...

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Its largest tributary is the Little Partridge River, which rises west of Eagle Bend in Wykeham Township

Wykeham Township, Minnesota

Wykeham Township is a township in Todd County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 436 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.0 square miles , of which, 34.8 square miles of it is land and 0.2 square...

 in Todd County and flows northeastwardly, parallel to the uppermost stretch of the Partridge River, which it joins in Bartlett Township

Bartlett Township, Minnesota

Bartlett Township is a township in Todd County, Minnesota, USA. The population was 348 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all of it land. The Partridge River flows through the township.-Demographics:As of the census of...

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