The South Fork of the Grand River is a tributary of the
Grand River, approximately 90 mi (145 km) long, in
South Dakota
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in the
United States
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.
It rises in the
Badlands
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of northwestern
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...
, south of the
Cave Hills
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in western
Harding County, and flows east past
Buffalo, then past several units of the
Grand River National Grassland
Grand River National Grassland is a National Grassland in northwestern South Dakota, United States. It is named for the Grand River. The North and South forks of the rivers meet in the grassland. It has a land area of . In descending order of a ...
in northern
Perkins County. It joins the
North Fork in the
Shadehill Reservoir near to form the Grand, which is a tributary of the
Missouri
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.
See also
*
List of rivers of South Dakota
This is a list of rivers in the state of South Dakota in the United States.
By tributary
Minnesota River watershed
*Little Minnesota River
** Jorgenson River
* Whetstone River
*North Fork Yellow Bank River
*South Fork Yellow Bank River
*West Bran ...
References
External links
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Rivers of South Dakota
Rivers of Harding County, South Dakota
Rivers of Perkins County, South Dakota
Tributaries of the Missouri River
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