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Buffalo River (Wisconsin)

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For the last 5 miles (8 km) of the Buffalo's course, it is surrounded by marshland, before emptying into Rieck's Lake, a migratory stopover for thousands of
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settled on "Buffalo River" as the stream's official name in 1930, and settled on the North Fork's name in 1969. According to the
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by the confluence of its North and South Forks, both of which are about 16 miles (26 km) long and rise in northwestern
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and other waterfowl. Rieck's Lake empties out into a riverine lake, called Buffalo Slough, part of
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buffalo River (Wisconsin)
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: North Fork Buffalo River
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U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data.
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buffalo River
157: 88: 37: 29: 196: 258: 111:, the Buffalo River has also been known as: 192:Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry 28:is a 68.7-mile-long (110.6 km) left- 15: 282:Rivers of Trempealeau County, Wisconsin 105:United States Board on Geographic Names 259: 152: 150: 272:Tributaries of the Mississippi River 277:Rivers of Buffalo County, Wisconsin 109:Geographic Names Information System 13: 147: 14: 293: 185: 20:Upper reaches, just west of Osseo 98: 201:Wisconsin Atlas & Gazetteer 52:The Buffalo River is formed at 203:. Freeport, Maine: DeLorme. 170: 1: 140: 7: 128: 10: 298: 167:, accessed October 5, 2012 95:on the Mississippi River. 47: 135:List of Wisconsin rivers 21: 243:44.35056°N 91.92639°W 19: 267:Rivers of Wisconsin 248:44.35056; -91.92639 239: /  121:River of Wild Bulls 163:2012-03-29 at the 58:Trempealeau County 22: 124:Riviere de Beeufs 34:Mississippi River 289: 254: 253: 251: 250: 249: 244: 240: 237: 236: 235: 232: 179: 174: 168: 158:The National Map 154: 56:in northeastern 297: 296: 292: 291: 290: 288: 287: 286: 257: 256: 247: 245: 241: 238: 233: 230: 228: 226: 225: 188: 183: 182: 175: 171: 165:Wayback Machine 155: 148: 143: 131: 101: 50: 12: 11: 5: 295: 285: 284: 279: 274: 269: 223: 222: 217: 212: 194: 187: 186:External links 184: 181: 180: 169: 145: 144: 142: 139: 138: 137: 130: 127: 126: 125: 122: 119: 116: 100: 97: 66:Buffalo County 62:Jackson County 49: 46: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 294: 283: 280: 278: 275: 273: 270: 268: 265: 264: 262: 255: 252: 221: 218: 216: 213: 210: 209:0-89933-247-1 206: 202: 198: 195: 193: 190: 189: 178: 173: 166: 162: 159: 153: 151: 146: 136: 133: 132: 123: 120: 117: 114: 113: 112: 110: 106: 99:Variant names 96: 94: 90: 85: 83: 79: 75: 71: 67: 63: 59: 55: 45: 43: 42:United States 39: 35: 31: 27: 26:Buffalo River 18: 224: 200: 172: 102: 89:tundra swans 86: 51: 25: 23: 246: / 118:Beef Slough 36:in western 261:Categories 234:91°55′35″W 231:44°21′02″N 141:References 115:Beef River 199:(1992). 38:Wisconsin 30:tributary 161:Archived 129:See also 197:DeLorme 78:Mondovi 68:, past 40:in the 32:of the 207:  93:Pool 4 48:Course 74:Eleva 70:Strum 54:Osseo 205:ISBN 103:The 82:Alma 76:and 24:The 263:: 149:^ 84:. 72:, 44:. 211:.

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tributary
Mississippi River
Wisconsin
United States
Osseo
Trempealeau County
Jackson County
Buffalo County
Strum
Eleva
Mondovi
Alma
tundra swans
Pool 4
United States Board on Geographic Names
Geographic Names Information System
List of Wisconsin rivers


The National Map
Archived
Wayback Machine
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buffalo River (Wisconsin)
Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry
DeLorme
ISBN
0-89933-247-1
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buffalo River
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: North Fork Buffalo River

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