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South Dakota is the 17th-largest state in the country. South Dakota has a humid continental climate in the east and the Black Hills, and a semi-arid climate in the west outside of the Black Hills, featuring four very distinct seasons, and the ecology of the state features plant and animal species typical of a North American temperate grassland ...
South Dakota is named after the Dakota Sioux tribe, which comprises a large portion of the population — with nine reservations currently in the state — and has historically dominated the territory. [9] South Dakota is the 17th-largest by area, but the fifth-least populous, and the fifth-least densely populated of the 50 United States.
Image of Orlando Ferguson on his map of the Flat Earth. Orlando Ferguson (November 6, 1846 – February 3, 1911) was a South Dakota resident best known today for a detailed flat earth map he created in 1893.
South Carolina: Sassafras Mountain [73] 30 3,554 ft 1083 m Atlantic Ocean: 3 sea level: 44 350 ft 110 m 29 3,554 ft 1083 m South Dakota: Black Elk Peak [74] [75] [an] 15 7,244 ft 2208 m Big Stone Lake on Minnesota border 52 966 ft 294 m 13 2,200 ft
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 November 2024. Isolated hill with steep, often vertical sides and a small, relatively flat top For other uses, see Butte (disambiguation). The Mittens and Merrick Butte in Monument Valley, Utah – Arizona In geomorphology, a butte is an isolated hill with steep, often vertical sides and a small ...
South Dakota: County: Lawrence County: Elevation [1] 5,436 ft (1,657 m) ... UTC-6 : Flatiron, formerly known as Yellow Creek or Flat Iron City, is a ghost town in ...
Southwest of Lead, South Dakota, there is still an active open pit gold mine, run by Goldcorp. [9] South Dakota has oil and gas production in the Williston Basin in the northwest, although it produces only one percent of the US total, primarily from traditional vertical wells. One hundred wells produce 1.6 million gallons of oil annually.
South Dakota is the 17th most extensive, but the 5th least populous, and the 5th least densely populated of the 50 United States. Once the southern portion of the Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889, simultaneously with North Dakota. Pierre is the state capital and Sioux Falls, with a population of 159,000, is ...