{{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox river | name = Sand Hill River | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology = <!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP --> | image = Sand Hill River Climax Minnesota.jpg | image_caption = | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Minnesota | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= Location of mouth <!---------------------- LOCATION --> | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = United States | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = Minnesota | subdivision_type3 = Region | subdivision_name3 = Northwestern Minnesota | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = City | subdivision_name5 = Rindal, Fertile, Climax <!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS --> | length = {{convert|101|mi|km|abbr=on}} | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = <!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES --> | source1 = Sand Hill Lake | source1_location = Near Fertile, MN | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = | mouth = Red River of the North | mouth_location = Climax, MN | mouth_coordinates = | mouth_elevation = | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = {{convert|475|sqmi|abbr=on}} | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }}
The '''Sand Hill River''' is a {{convert|101|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed June 8, 2011</ref> tributary of the Red River of the North in northwestern Minnesota in the United States.<ref>{{GNIS|655066|Sand Hill River}}</ref> Via the Red River, Lake Winnipeg, and the Nelson River, it is part of the watershed of Hudson Bay, and drains an area of {{convert|475|sqmi}}.
Sand Hill River was named for the sand dunes near the end of its course.<ref>{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n343 324]}}</ref>
== Course == The Sand Hill River flows generally west from its source, Sand Hill Lake, near the town of Fosston in Polk County, dipping south through Mahnomen County and Norman County before returning to Polk County and passing the towns of Rindal, Fertile, and Climax. It flows into the Red River of the North {{convert|2|mi|0}} west of Climax. thumb
==See also== *List of Minnesota rivers *List of Hudson Bay rivers
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== Sources == *{{cite web | title = Sand Hill River Watershed District | url=http://www.sandhillwatershed.org/index.html | accessdate = 2007-05-23 }}
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Category:Rivers of Polk County, Minnesota Category:Rivers of Mahnomen County, Minnesota Category:Rivers of Norman County, Minnesota Category:Rivers of Minnesota Category:Tributaries of Hudson Bay
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