Grand River (Missouri)

Grand River
Grand River
	Bluffs above the Grand at Adam-ondi-Ahman
	Major Missouri rivers
Location
Country	US
State	Iowa, Missouri
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Creston, Iowa, US
• coordinates	41°01′30″N 94°16′05″W / 41.025°N 94.268°W
Mouth	Missouri River
• location	Brunswick, Missouri, US
• coordinates	39°23′02″N 93°06′29″W / 39.384°N 93.108°W
• elevation	620 ft (190 m)
Discharge
• location	Sumner, MO
• average	4,288 cu/ft. per sec.

The Grand River is a river that stretches from northernmost tributary origins between Creston and Winterset in Iowa approximately 226 miles (364 km)^[3] to its mouth on the Missouri River near Brunswick, Missouri.

Its watershed of 7,900 square miles (20,000 km²), with three-quarters in Missouri, makes it the largest watershed serving the Missouri River in northern Missouri.^[4]

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grand River (Missouri)
^ "USGS Surface Water data for Missouri: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics".
^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 26, 2011
^ "Missouri Department of Conservation Grand River Watershed Inventory Assessment". Archived from the original on 2008-06-15. Retrieved 2007-02-05.

[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grand River (Missouri)

[2] "USGS Surface Water data for Missouri: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics".

[NHD-3] U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 26, 2011

[4] "Missouri Department of Conservation Grand River Watershed Inventory Assessment". Archived from the original on 2008-06-15. Retrieved 2007-02-05.

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