Ocheyedan River

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title: "Ocheyedan River" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-iowa", "rivers-of-minnesota", "rivers-of-clay-county,-iowa", "rivers-of-nobles-county,-minnesota", "rivers-of-o'brien-county,-iowa", "rivers-of-osceola-county,-iowa", "dakota-toponyms", "tributaries-of-the-mississippi-river"] topic_path: "general/rivers-of-iowa" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocheyedan_River" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Ocheyedan River
image	Ocheyedan_River.jpg
image_caption	The Ocheyedan River near Spencer in Clay County, Iowa
pushpin_map	Iowa
pushpin_map_caption	Mouth of the Ocheyedan River
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	US
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name2	Iowa, Minnesota
subdivision_type4	Counties
subdivision_name4	Nobles County, Minnesota, Iowa: Clay, O'Brien, Osceola Counties
length	58 mi
discharge1_location	Spencer, Iowa
discharge1_avg	349 cu/ft. per sec. (median)
source1_coordinates
mouth	Missouri River
mouth_coordinates
progression	Ocheyedan River→ Little Sioux River→ Missouri River→ Mississippi River→ Gulf of Mexico
river_system	Missouri River
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The Ocheyedan River is a tributary of the Little Sioux River, 58 mi (93 km) long, in southwestern Minnesota and northwestern Iowa in the United States. Via the Little Sioux and Missouri Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. The river has been channelized for much of its length.

Course

The Ocheyedan River flows from Ocheda Lake in Nobles County, Minnesota, 3 mi (4.8 km) south of Worthington, and generally flows southeastwardly through Osceola, O'Brien, and Clay Counties in Iowa. It joins the Little Sioux River at the town of Spencer.

In Osceola County, the river collects the short Little Ocheyedan River, which rises near Hawkeye Point (the highest elevation in Iowa) and flows southeastwardly.

References

References

1. "Ocheyedan River".
2. {{Gnis. 459796. Ocheyedan River
3. "Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry".
4. {{GNIS. 459796. Ocheyedan River
5. [[DeLorme]] (1998). ''Iowa Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. {{ISBN. 0-89933-214-5
6. [[DeLorme]] (1994). ''Minnesota Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. {{ISBN. 0-89933-222-6.
7. {{Gnis. 458492. Little Ocheyedan River

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