Wapsipinicon River
| Wapsipinicon River Wapsie River, Wabespinicon River, Wapsiepinnecon River | |
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Wapsipinicon River in Independence, Iowa on August 25, 2013 | |
Wapsipinicon River highlighted | |
| Location | |
| Country | US |
| State | Iowa and Minnesota |
| District | Scott County, Iowa, Clinton County, Iowa, Cedar County, Iowa, Jones County, Iowa, Linn County, Iowa, Buchanan County, Iowa, Black Hawk County, Iowa, Bremer County, Iowa, Chickasaw County, Iowa, Howard County, Iowa, Mitchell County, Iowa, Mower County, Minnesota |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | 3/4 mile south of Taopi, Minnesota |
| • coordinates | 43°32′55″N 92°38′40″W / 43.54861°N 92.64444°W |
| • elevation | 1,348 ft (411 m) |
| Mouth | Mississippi River |
• coordinates | 41°43′47″N 90°19′11″W / 41.72972°N 90.31972°W |
• elevation | 574 ft (175 m) |
| Length | 299.5 mi (482.0 km) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | De Witt, Iowa |
| • average | 1,818 cu/ft. per sec. |
The Wapsipinicon River (/wɒpsɪˈpɪnɪkɒn, -kən/, locally known as the Wapsi) is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 300 miles (480 km) long, starting near the southeastern border of Minnesota and running through northeastern Iowa in the United States. It drains a rural farming region of rolling hills and bluffs north of Waterloo and Cedar Rapids.