Clearwater County, Minnesota

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/clearwater-county-minnesota

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Where is Clearwater County, Minnesota?Northwestern Minnesota, United States
2. How many people live in Clearwater County, Minnesota?8,524 (2020 Census)
3. How big is Clearwater County, Minnesota?1,020 square miles
4. What is the capital of Clearwater County, Minnesota?Bagley
5. What language do people speak in Clearwater County, Minnesota?English, with significant use of Ojibwe within reservation communities
6. What is Clearwater County, Minnesota known for?Containing Lake Itasca, the official source of the Mississippi River

Glacial Activity: Landforms and features created by the movement and melting of glaciers.
Watershed: An area of land where all the water drains into a common river or lake.
Sovereignty: The authority of a self-governing state or nation to govern itself.
Anishinaabe: The name for the Ojibwe people, an Indigenous group with historical ties to the region.