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Rice Creek (Mississippi River)
Rice Creek is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the northern suburbs of the Minneapolis–St. Paul metropolitan area of Minnesota in the United States. It is approximately 28 miles (45 km) long and drains a watershed of .〔Rice Creek Watershed District. ''Overall Plan, Rice Creek Watershed District.'' "Prescribed by Minnesota Water Resources Board, December 1975."〕
==Course==
Rice Creek has its source at Clear Lake in the city of Forest Lake in Washington County and flows generally southwestwardly through Anoka and Ramsey Counties, through the cities of Columbus, Lino Lakes, Circle Pines, Shoreview, Arden Hills, Mounds View, New Brighton and Fridley.〔〔''King's Twin Cities Metro Street Atlas '04.'' Minneapolis: The Lawrence Group. 2004. ISBN 1-58301-215-X.〕 It joins the Mississippi River at Manomin County Park in Fridley,〔(Anoka County Department of Parks and Recreation: Manomin County Park )〕 about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of the I-694 Bridge.〔 The creek drops about 84 feet (26 m) along its course, from its source elevation of 890 feet (271 m) to its mouth at 806 feet (246 m), with most of the drop (64 ft/20 m) occurring in the 8 miles (13 km) upstream of its mouth; a lowland floodplain adjoins the stream in this reach.〔
In Anoka County, Rice Creek passes through an extensive network of lakes known as the Lino Lakes Chain of Lakes,〔 a portion of which is preserved in the Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Regional Park Reserve,〔(Anoka County Department of Parks and Recreation: Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Regional Park Reserve )〕 a regional park maintained by the government of Anoka County. In New Brighton, the creek passes through Long Lake,〔 which is bordered by Long Lake Regional Park, maintained by Ramsey County.〔(Ramsey County, Minnesota: Long Lake Regional Park map )〕 In Fridley, the lower course of creek is roughly paralleled by the Rice Creek West Regional Trail, a biking and hiking trail.〔(Anoka County Department of Parks and Recreation: Locke County Park and Rice Creek West Regional Trail )〕
Rice Creek's principal tributaries are Hardwood Creek, which drains an area of in the cities of Hugo, Forest Lake, and Lino Lakes;〔 and Clearwater Creek, 8.33 miles (13.4 km) long, which drains an area of in White Bear Lake, White Bear Township, Hugo, Lino Lakes, and Centerville.〔 Both tributaries join Rice Creek in Anoka County as part of the chain of lakes.〔
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