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474:, the county seat of Redwood County, the river enters the wooded valley of the Minnesota River, falling 100 feet (30 m) in one mile (1.6 km) over granite ledges in Alexander Ramsey City Park. It flows into the Minnesota shortly downstream of the city.
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524:). The highest recorded flow during the period was 19,700 ft³/s (558 m³/s) on June 18, 1957. Readings of zero were recorded on numerous days in 1940 and 1959.
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619:Streams within the Redwood River Major Watershed
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