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North Dakota was a low forested landscape experiencing ongoing erosion. Rivers and streams moving across the eroded Jurassic landscape deposited the sandstone and siltstone Inyan Kara Formation. Thick layers of shale, such as the Pierre Formation, formed in the Western Interior Seaway during a major global marine transgression in the Cretaceous ...
There is also much in the way of geology and hydrology. North Dakota is about 340 miles (545 km) east to west and 211 miles (340 km) north to south, with a total area of 70,704 square miles (183,123 km²), making it the 19th largest of the 50 U.S. states. About 2.4% of North Dakota's area is covered by water.
The Little Missouri River is a tributary of the Missouri River, 560 miles (900 km) long, in the northern Great Plains of the United States. [4] Rising in northeastern Wyoming , in western Crook County about 15 miles (24 km) west of Devils Tower , [ 7 ] it flows northeastward, across a corner of southeastern Montana , and into South Dakota .
This is a list of rivers in the state of North Dakota in the United States. Alphabetically. Bois de Sioux River; Cannonball River; Cedar Creek; Cut Bank Creek;
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.
The Cannonball River (Lakota: Íŋyaŋwakağapi Wakpá [2]) is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 135 miles (217 km) long, in southwestern North Dakota in the United States. [3] It rises in the Little Missouri National Grassland, in the badlands north of Amidon in northern Slope County. It flows ESE past New England, Mott, and Burt.
The Forest River is an 81.0-mile-long (130.4 km) [1] tributary of the Red River of the North in eastern North Dakota in the United States.It rises in Walsh County and flows southeast and east, past the towns of Fordville and Minto, and forms a confluence with the Red approximately 40 miles (64 km) north of Grand Forks.
Geologic formations of North Dakota (7 C, 13 P) O. Oil fields in North Dakota (3 P) S. Stratigraphy of North Dakota (2 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Geology of North Dakota"