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The Big Sioux River is a tributary of the Missouri River in eastern South Dakota and northwestern Iowa in the United States. [2] It flows generally southwardly for 419 mi (674 km), [3] and its watershed is 9,006 sq mi (23,330 km 2). [1] The United States Board on Geographic Names settled on "Big Sioux River" as the stream's name in 1931. [4]
Location: Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States: Coordinates: Area: 430 acres (170 ha) Established: 1978: Governing body: South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks: Website: Big Sioux Recreation Area - SD GF&P
Sioux Falls (/ ˌ s uː ˈ f ɔː l z / SOO FAWLZ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Dakota and the 118th-most populous city in the United States. It is the county seat of Minnehaha County [10] and also extends into northern Lincoln County.
South Dakota Highway 48 (SD 48) is a 12.462-mile (20.056 km) state highway in Union County, South Dakota, United States, that begins at Interstate 29, about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of Spink, and becomes Big Sioux River Road, [2] formerly Iowa Highway 403, northwest of Akron, Iowa.
South Dakota also contains numerous state parks, all of which are managed by the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks. Custer State Park in the Black Hills is a large state park with over 71,000 acres, and includes Sylvan Lake , Needles Highway , and a wildlife loop featuring a large bison herd and the "begging burros", [ 65 ] among ...
Map of Siouxland from the novel "This Is the Year" by Feike Feikema (Frederick Manfred), who defined "this area where state lines have not been important" and coined the name in 1946. Siouxland is a vernacular region that encompasses the entire Big Sioux River drainage basin in the U.S. states of South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska and Iowa. [1]
Baltic is located along the Big Sioux River. [ 9 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 0.76 square miles (1.97 km 2 ), of which, 0.74 square miles (1.92 km 2 ) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km 2 ) is water.
The Big Sioux River flows southerly through the center of the county. Its terrain consists of rolling hills, devoted to agriculture, with lakes in the western portion. [ 4 ] The terrain slopes to the south, with its high point near its northeast corner, at 1,749 ft (533 m) ASL, although the east and west sides also slope into the river valley ...