Grand River (Missouri)
The Grand River is a river that stretches from northernmost tributary origins between Creston and Winterset in Iowa approximately 226 miles (364 km) to its mouth on the Missouri River near Brunswick, Missouri.
| 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 | 41.025°N 94.268°W |
| Mouth | Missouri River |
• location | Brunswick, Missouri, US |
• coordinates | 39.384°N 93.108°W |
• elevation | 620 ft (190 m) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Sumner, MO |
| • average | 4,288 cu/ft. per sec. |
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.
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