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  2. List of ecoregions in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Illinois' ecology is in a land area of 56,400 square miles (146,000 km 2); the state is 385 miles (620 km) long and 218 miles (351 km) wide and is located between latitude: 36.9540° to 42.4951° N, and longitude: 87.3840° to 91.4244° W, [1] with primarily a humid continental climate.

  3. Geography of North Dakota - Wikipedia

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    This area of North Dakota is mostly farm country, with wheat, sugarbeets, and maize as staple crops, and along with other crops and livestock, cover the area. The valley contains the lowest point in North Dakota which is the Red River at Pembina , at 750 feet (230 m) above sea level .

  4. Park River, North Dakota - Wikipedia

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    Park River is a city in Walsh County, North Dakota, United States.The population was 1,424 at the 2020 census. [3] Park River was founded in 1884. The controversial and often peripatetic father of John D. Rockefeller, William Avery Rockefeller, lived for a time on a 160-acre ranch in Park River that his son had purchased for him.

  5. Park River (North Dakota) - Wikipedia

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    The Park River is a river in North Dakota. Park River is a tributary of the Red River of the North. The name likely comes from brush corrals built by Native Americans on the banks of the river, called "buffalo parks" by early explorers. The corrals were used in a form of hunting in which buffalo would be driven into them and over the steep ...

  6. Drift Prairie - Wikipedia

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    In South Dakota, most of the eastern part of the state is covered by the Drift Prairie. The Missouri River cuts through the center of the state. To the east of the river are low hills and lakes formed by glaciers referred to as the Drift Prairie. The area is bordered on the east by the Minnesota River Valley and on the west by the James River ...

  7. Climate change in North Dakota - Wikipedia

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    "Greater river flows, increasing precipitation, and more severe storms are each likely to increase the risk of flooding. The year 2011 was one of the wettest years on record: the Souris River near Minot crested at four feet above its previous record, with a flow five times greater than any in the past 30 years, and flooding occurred throughout ...

  8. Geology of North Dakota - Wikipedia

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    North Dakota is underlain by Precambrian crystalline basement rock, although these rocks are less well understood than in neighboring states. In the Proterozoic, a mountain range known as the Western Dakota Mobile Belt formed between two billion and 1.8 billion years ago in connection with the Trans-Hudson orogeny, stretching north into Manitoba and Saskatchewan before eroding almost entirely ...

  9. Sand Ridge State Forest - Wikipedia

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    Sand Ridge State Forest is the largest area of sand-dominated plants managed by the state of Illinois. [1] A 2013 study of vascular plants found 141 non-native (exotic) species in the state forest. [1] Endemic species include the prickly pear cactus , that may be more familiar to Mexicans and residents of the U.S. Southwest. [12] [7] [6]