Zumbro River
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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 due to its mouth near Pine Island in the Mississippi River; the pronunciation changed from to. The Dakota name for this river is Wapka Wazi Oju, having reference to the grove of great white pines at Pine Island.
The North Fork of the Zumbro River in Zumbrota
Nighttime view of the South Fork Zumbro River as it passes through Rochester's Downtown area from Silver Lake Park in the 2000s
Ice on the Zumbro in March
Olmsted County, Minnesota
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Olmsted County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population is 162,847. Its county seat and most populous city is Rochester.
Olmsted County Government Center (pre-expansion)
The Helleckson Homestead, built about 1850, preserved in Olmsted County Oxbow Park (Destroyed in 2019 floods)
Soils of Olmsted County