What is Zumbro River?
[[Image:N Fk Zumbro.jpg|thumb|280px|The North Fork of the Zumbro River in [[Zumbrota, Minnesota|Zumbrota]]]] The '''Zumbro River''' is a [[tributary]] of the [[Mississippi River]] in the [[Driftless Area]] of southeastern [[Minnesota]] in the [[United States]]. It is {{convert|64.6|mi}} long<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2012-03-29 }}, accessed October 4, 2012</ref> from the confluence of its principal tributaries and drains a [[drainage basin|watershed]] of {{convert|1428|sqmi}}. The river's name in English is a change from its [[French language|French]] name ''Rivière des Embarras'' (Embarrass River/Obstruction River) due to its mouth located near Pine Island in the Mississippi River.<ref>{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ShcLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA559|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=559}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Rivers of Minnesota]] {{US-geo-stub}}