# Minnesota Hudson Bay Basin **The Minnesota Hudson Bay 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 the Red River of the North and the Rainy River — Lake Winnipeg → the Nelson River → Hudson Bay → the Arctic/North 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 Red River of the North and the Rainy/Lake of the Woods systems. ## Principal rivers [[Ash_River|Ash River]] · [[Basswood_River|Basswood River]] · [[Bear_Island_River|Bear Island River]] · [[Beartrap_River|Beartrap River]] · [[Bottle_River|Bottle River]] · [[Boulder_River|Boulder River]] · [[Echo_River|Echo River]] · [[Horse_River|Horse River]] · [[Hustler_River|Hustler River]] · [[Johnson_River|Johnson River]] · [[Kawishiwi_River|Kawishiwi River]] · [[Knife_River|Knife River]] · [[Loon_River|Loon River]] · [[Maligne_River|Maligne River]] · [[Moose_River|Moose River]] · [[Namakan_River|Namakan River]] · [[Nelson_River|Nelson River]] · [[Phoebe_River|Phoebe River]] · [[Rainy_River|Rainy River]] · [[Range_River|Range River]] · [[Rat_Root_River|Rat Root River]] · [[Red_River_of_the_North|Red River of the North]] · [[Shagawa_River|Shagawa River]] · [[Vermilion_River|Vermilion River]] · [[Warroad_River|Warroad River]] ## Every river in this basin (81) [[Ash_River|Ash River]] · [[Barton_Brook|Barton Brook]] · [[Basswood_River|Basswood River]] · [[Baudette_River|Baudette River]] · [[Bear_Island_River|Bear Island River]] · [[Bear_River|Bear River]] · [[Beartrap_River|Beartrap River]] · [[Beaver_Brook|Beaver Brook]] · [[Big_Fork_River|Big Fork River]] · [[Black_River|Black River]] · [[Bois_de_Sioux_River|Bois de Sioux River]] · [[Bottle_River|Bottle River]] · [[Boulder_River|Boulder River]] · [[Buffalo_River|Buffalo River]] · [[Clearwater_River|Clearwater River]] · [[Cross_River|Cross River]] · [[Dark_River|Dark River]] · [[East_Branch_Rat_Root_River|East Branch Rat Root River]] · [[East_Branch_Sturgeon_River|East Branch Sturgeon River]] · [[East_Branch_Warroad_River|East Branch Warroad River]] · [[East_Fork_Rapid_River|East Fork Rapid River]] · [[East_Fork_Twelvemile_Creek|East Fork Twelvemile Creek]] · [[Echo_River|Echo River]] · [[Gentilly_River|Gentilly River]] · [[Grand_Marais_Creek|Grand Marais Creek]] · [[Horse_River|Horse River]] · [[Hustler_River|Hustler River]] · [[Joe_River|Joe River]] · [[Johnson_River|Johnson River]] · [[Kawishiwi_River|Kawishiwi River]] · [[Knife_River|Knife River]] · [[Little_Fork_River|Little Fork River]] · [[Loon_River|Loon River]] · [[Lost_River|Lost River]] · [[Louse_River|Louse River]] · [[Maligne_River|Maligne River]] · [[Marsh_River|Marsh River]] · [[Middle_Branch_Two_Rivers|Middle Branch Two Rivers]] · [[Moose_River|Moose River]] · [[Mustinka_River|Mustinka River]] · [[Namakan_River|Namakan River]] · [[Nelson_River|Nelson River]] · [[Nett_Lake_River|Nett Lake River]] · [[North_Branch_Rapid_River|North Branch Rapid River]] · [[North_Branch_Two_Rivers|North Branch Two Rivers]] · [[Otter_Tail_River|Otter Tail River]] · [[Phoebe_River|Phoebe River]] · [[Rabbit_River|Rabbit River]] · [[Rainy_River|Rainy River]] · [[Range_River|Range River]] · [[Rapid_River|Rapid River]] · [[Rat_Root_River|Rat Root River]] · [[Red_Lake_River|Red Lake River]] · [[Red_River_of_the_North|Red River of the North]] · [[Rice_River|Rice River]] · [[Roseau_River|Roseau River]] · [[Sand_Hill_River|Sand Hill River]] · [[Shagawa_River|Shagawa River]] · [[Shannon_River|Shannon River]] · [[Snake_River|Snake River]] · [[South_Branch_Two_Rivers|South Branch Two Rivers]] · [[South_Fork_Black_River|South Fork Black River]] · [[South_Fork_Roseau_River|South Fork Roseau River]] · [[South_Kawishiwi_River|South Kawishiwi River]] · [[Sturgeon_River|Sturgeon River]] · [[Tamarac_River|Tamarac River]] · [[Twelvemile_Creek|Twelvemile Creek]] · [[Two_Rivers|Two Rivers]] · [[Valley_River|Valley River]] · [[Vermilion_River|Vermilion River]] · [[Warroad_River|Warroad River]] · [[West_Branch_Twelvemile_Creek|West Branch Twelvemile Creek]] · [[West_Branch_Warroad_River|West Branch Warroad River]] · [[West_Fork_Baudette_River|West Fork Baudette River]] · [[West_Fork_Black_River|West Fork Black River]] · [[West_Fork_Twelvemile_Creek|West Fork Twelvemile Creek]] · [[Wild_Rice_River|Wild Rice River]] · [[Willow_River|Willow River]] · [[Wing_River|Wing River]] · [[Winnipeg_River|Winnipeg River]] · [[Winter_Road_River|Winter Road River]] ## Related Full inventory: [[List_of_rivers_of_Minnesota]] · sibling basins: [[WT!Minnesota_Great_Lakes_Basin]], [[WT!Minnesota_Gulf_of_Mexico_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_Hudson_Bay_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]].*