# Minnesota Great Lakes Basin **The Minnesota Great Lakes Basin** is one of the three continental drainage basins that split the waters of [[Minnesota]]. Every stream gathered here leaves the state by way of Lake Superior — Lake Superior → the Great Lakes → the Saint Lawrence River → the Atlantic. This is a Wikitube house article (`WT!`): the drainage basins of Minnesota have no single Wikipedia article of their own, so they are gathered here as hydrology hubs for [[PORTAL_WT!Thury_Hydrodynamics_Compendium|the Thury Hydrodynamics Compendium]], the fluid spine these waters feed. Minnesota is one of very few places on Earth where three continental divides meet: a raindrop falling a few miles apart can end in the [[WT!Minnesota_Great_Lakes_Basin|Atlantic]], the [[WT!Minnesota_Gulf_of_Mexico_Basin|Gulf of Mexico]], or [[WT!Minnesota_Hudson_Bay_Basin|Hudson Bay]]. This basin carries the share that drains through the North Shore and the St. Louis River. ## Principal rivers [[Baptism_River|Baptism River]] · [[Beaver_River|Beaver River]] · [[Big_Sucker_Creek|Big Sucker Creek]] · [[Brewery_Creek|Brewery Creek]] · [[Brule_River|Brule River]] · [[Caribou_River|Caribou River]] · [[Cascade_River|Cascade River]] · [[Chester_Creek|Chester Creek]] · [[Clarkhouse_Creek|Clarkhouse Creek]] · [[Cross_River|Cross River]] · [[Devil_Track_River|Devil Track River]] · [[Durfee_Creek|Durfee Creek]] · [[Encampment_River|Encampment River]] · [[Fall_River|Fall River]] · [[French_River|French River]] · [[Gooseberry_River|Gooseberry River]] · [[Kadunce_River|Kadunce River]] · [[Kimball_Creek|Kimball Creek]] · [[Knife_River|Knife River]] · [[Lester_River|Lester River]] · [[Little_Marais_River|Little Marais River]] · [[Little_Sucker_River|Little Sucker River]] · [[Manitou_River|Manitou River]] · [[Nemadji_River|Nemadji River]] · [[Onion_River|Onion River]] · [[Pigeon_River|Pigeon River]] · [[Poplar_River|Poplar River]] · [[Reservation_River|Reservation River]] · [[Royal_River|Royal River]] · [[South_Brule_River|South Brule River]] · [[St._Louis_River|St. Louis River]] · [[Stewart_River|Stewart River]] · [[Stump_River|Stump River]] · [[Swamp_River|Swamp River]] · [[Temperance_River|Temperance River]] · [[Vern_River|Vern River]] · [[West_Branch_Knife_River|West Branch Knife River]] ## Every river in this basin (105) [[Ahmik_River|Ahmik River]] · [[Artichoke_River|Artichoke River]] · [[Baptism_River|Baptism River]] · [[Beaver_River|Beaver River]] · [[Big_Sucker_Creek|Big Sucker Creek]] · [[Blackhoof_River|Blackhoof River]] · [[Brewery_Creek|Brewery Creek]] · [[Brule_River|Brule River]] · [[Buckingham_Creek|Buckingham Creek]] · [[Caribou_River|Caribou River]] · [[Cascade_River|Cascade River]] · [[Chester_Creek|Chester Creek]] · [[Clarkhouse_Creek|Clarkhouse Creek]] · [[Cloquet_River|Cloquet River]] · [[Coffee_Creek|Coffee Creek]] · [[Cross_River|Cross River]] · [[Devil_Track_River|Devil Track River]] · [[Durfee_Creek|Durfee Creek]] · [[East_River|East River]] · [[East_Savanna_River|East Savanna River]] · [[East_Swan_River|East Swan River]] · [[East_Two_River|East Two River]] · [[Embarrass_River|Embarrass River]] · [[Encampment_River|Encampment River]] · [[Ester_Brook|Ester Brook]] · [[Fall_River|Fall River]] · [[Floodwood_River|Floodwood River]] · [[Flute_Reed_River|Flute Reed River]] · [[French_River|French River]] · [[Gooseberry_River|Gooseberry River]] · [[Greenwood_River|Greenwood River]] · [[Kadunce_River|Kadunce River]] · [[Keene_Creek|Keene Creek]] · [[Kelso_River|Kelso River]] · [[Kimball_Creek|Kimball Creek]] · [[Kingsbury_Creek|Kingsbury Creek]] · [[Knife_River|Knife River]] · [[Knowlton_Creek|Knowlton Creek]] · [[Langley_River|Langley River]] · [[Lester_River|Lester River]] · [[Little_Cloquet_River|Little Cloquet River]] · [[Little_Devil_Track_River|Little Devil Track River]] · [[Little_Gooseberry_River|Little Gooseberry River]] · [[Little_Knife_River|Little Knife River]] · [[Little_Langley_River|Little Langley River]] · [[Little_Manitou_River|Little Manitou River]] · [[Little_Marais_River|Little Marais River]] · [[Little_Net_River|Little Net River]] · [[Little_Partridge_River|Little Partridge River]] · [[Little_Pine_River|Little Pine River]] · [[Little_Pokegama_River|Little Pokegama River]] · [[Little_River|Little River]] · [[Little_Sucker_River|Little Sucker River]] · [[Little_Whiteface_River_(North)|Little Whiteface River (North)]] · [[Little_Whiteface_River_(South)|Little Whiteface River (South)]] · [[Lower_Stump_River|Lower Stump River]] · [[Manitou_River|Manitou River]] · [[McCarty_River|McCarty River]] · [[Merritt_Creek|Merritt Creek]] · [[Midway_River|Midway River]] · [[Miller_Creek|Miller Creek]] · [[Mission_Creek|Mission Creek]] · [[Nemadji_River|Nemadji River]] · [[Net_River|Net River]] · [[North_Branch_Whiteface_River|North Branch Whiteface River]] · [[North_Fork_Nemadji_River|North Fork Nemadji River]] · [[North_River|North River]] · [[Onion_River|Onion River]] · [[Oregon_Creek|Oregon Creek]] · [[Otter_River|Otter River]] · [[Paleface_River|Paleface River]] · [[Partridge_River|Partridge River]] · [[Pigeon_River|Pigeon River]] · [[Pine_River|Pine River]] · [[Pokegama_River|Pokegama River]] · [[Poplar_River|Poplar River]] · [[Red_River|Red River]] · [[Reservation_River|Reservation River]] · [[Royal_River|Royal River]] · [[Sargent_Creek|Sargent Creek]] · [[Sawbill_Creek|Sawbill Creek]] · [[Skunk_Creek|Skunk Creek]] · [[South_Branch_Whiteface_River|South Branch Whiteface River]] · [[South_Brule_River|South Brule River]] · [[South_Fork_Nemadji_River|South Fork Nemadji River]] · [[South_Fork_Pine_River|South Fork Pine River]] · [[Split_Rock_River|Split Rock River]] · [[St._Louis_River|St. Louis River]] · [[Stewart_Creek|Stewart Creek]] · [[Stewart_River|Stewart River]] · [[Stump_River|Stump River]] · [[Swamp_River|Swamp River]] · [[Tait_River|Tait River]] · [[Talmadge_River|Talmadge River]] · [[Temperance_River|Temperance River]] · [[Tischer_Creek|Tischer Creek]] · [[Two_Island_River|Two Island River]] · [[U.S._Steel_Creek|U.S. Steel Creek]] · [[Us-kab-wan-ka_River|Us-kab-wan-ka River]] · [[Vern_River|Vern River]] · [[West_Branch_Cloquet_River|West Branch Cloquet River]] · [[West_Branch_Knife_River|West Branch Knife River]] · [[West_Swan_River|West Swan River]] · [[West_Two_River|West Two River]] · [[Whiteface_River|Whiteface River]] ## Related Full inventory: [[List_of_rivers_of_Minnesota]] · sibling basins: [[WT!Minnesota_Gulf_of_Mexico_Basin]], [[WT!Minnesota_Hudson_Bay_Basin]] · longest streams: [[List_of_longest_streams_of_Minnesota]] · lakes: [[List_of_lakes_of_Minnesota]] · spine: [[PORTAL_WT!Thury_Hydrodynamics_Compendium]]. ## Wikipedia : Wikitube Wikitube-only (house article): [Wikitube](https://en.wikitube.io/wiki/WT!Minnesota_Great_Lakes_Basin). No 1:1 Wikipedia article; see [Drainage basin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drainage_basin) and [Hydrography of Minnesota] context. ## Previous hub tags Hub: Life_Physics. Spine: [[PORTAL_WT!Thury_Hydrodynamics_Compendium]]. Legacy hubs: none (Minnesota hydrology seed, 2026-08-05). --- *House `WT!` hub seeded 2026-08-05 as the basin anchor for the Minnesota rivers set. Rivers link here as their drainage basin; the room they feed is [[PORTAL_WT!Thury_Hydrodynamics_Compendium]].*