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Originating at the confluence of the Bois de Sioux and Otter Tail rivers between the U.S. states of Minnesota and North Dakota, it flows northward through the Red River Valley, forming most of the border of Minnesota and North Dakota and continuing into Manitoba.
13 Οκτ 2024 · Red River of the North, river flowing through the northern United States and southern Manitoba, Canada. It is formed by the confluence of the Bois de Sioux and Otter Tail rivers at the twin cities of Wahpeton, North Dakota, and Breckenridge, Minnesota.
The Red River Valley is a region in central North America that is drained by the Red River of the North; it is part of both Canada and the United States. Forming the border between Minnesota and North Dakota when these territories were admitted as states in the United States, this fertile valley has been important to the economies of these ...
The Red River valley has a rich geological and glacial history. The Red River Valley, which covers parts of Manitoba, North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota, is the remains of what once was the ancient Lake Agassiz.
The Headwaters of the Red River of the North is located in Breckenridge, Wilkin County, Minnesota, United States of America. The Otter Tail River snakes its way, east to west, through the city and converges with the sluggish Bois de Sioux River from the south. The mingling of the waters form the Red River.
The Red River Valley as it exists today emerged from receding glacier ice at the end last major ice age. Over a period of time that began about 14,000 years ago, an enormous "ice lobe" crept south from the Arctic, pulverizing all in its way and kneading the land into a new configuration.
The Red River Valley of North Dakota/Minnesota is the youngest major land surface in the contiguous United States, having been subaerially exposed upon the final regional drainage of the waters of Glacial Lake Agassiz about 9,200 years ago.
