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The Red River begins at the confluence of the Bois de Sioux and Otter Tail rivers, on the border of Wahpeton, North Dakota and Breckenridge, Minnesota. Downstream, it is bordered by the twin cities of Fargo, North Dakota – Moorhead, Minnesota , and Grand Forks, North Dakota – East Grand Forks, Minnesota .
A map of the FM Area Diversion Project. The Fargo-Moorhead (FM) Area Diversion project, officially known as the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area Diversion Flood Risk Management Project, is a large, regional flood control infrastructure project on the Red River of the North, which forms the border between North Dakota and Minnesota and flows north to Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada.
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 states and to Manitoba, Canada.
Bois de Sioux River; Cannonball River; Cedar Creek; Cut Bank Creek; Deep River; Des Lacs River; Elm River (North Dakota), tributary of Red River of the North Elm River (South Dakota), tributary of James River
The Red River forms the border between Minnesota and North Dakota.A few sets of "sister cities" developed along opposite sides of the river. Grand Forks, North Dakota and its counterpart East Grand Forks, Minnesota, were the pair most severely affected by the 1997 flood.
The melting process of the winter snowpack has been gradual enough to avoid a worst-case scenario along the Red River, including the Fargo, North Dakota, area. The heavy snow that fell early last ...
The Sheyenne River is one of the major tributaries of the Red River of the North, meandering 591 miles (951 km) [1] across eastern North Dakota, United States. The river begins about 15 miles (24 km) north of McClusky , and flows generally eastward before turning south near McVille .
The Red River flood of 1997 in the United States was a major flood that occurred in April 1997, along the Red River of the North in North Dakota and Minnesota.The flood reached throughout the Red River Valley, affecting the cities of Fargo, Moorhead, and Winnipeg, while Grand Forks and East Grand Forks received the most damage, where floodwaters reached over 3 miles (5 km) inland, inundating ...